River Mumma (Penguin Canada), the highly-anticipated second book from Zalika Reid-Benta, follows a spirited narrator in the throes of a quarter-life crisis, set against Toronto’s bustling urban backdrop. Beleaguered by her lack of prospects, Alicia is astonished when the Jamaican deity River Mumma presents herself with a mission; what ensues is a madcap adventure involving pursuit by malevolent duppies. Drawing on rich Jamaican storytelling rituals, Reid-Benta offers a modern fable for unmoored millennials, and for all those seeking a sanctuary.