“Truthfully I can only tell you what's missing” writes the heartbroken protagonist at the beginning of Victoria Mbabazi's
The Siren in the Twelfth House
. But this isn't a book that succumbs to grief. Mbabazi's poems are siren songs, reclaiming love from pain, and rediscovering joy through the destruction and eventual rebuilding of astrological houses. Prepare to slow dance through this profound and powerful debut.