Debut author Stephanie Wambugu’s new novel, Lonely Crowds, follows a decades-long friendship between Ruth and Maria, from childhood to adulthood.
I recently spoke with Stephanie Wambugu about Ruth’s dependence on Maria, the meaning behind the title, and why she set the novel in the 1990s, a time before most of Wambugu’s childhood.
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Lonely Crowds was published by Little, Brown.
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