As a young woman, Diane Esguerra forged a friendship with Susanna Wenger, an Austrian artist who became a Yoruba priestess in Nigeria. That sparks her own interest in the goddess Oshun, a symbol of female empowerment

The author looks back on her friendship with an Austrian woman who worships the Ifa goddess Oshun, inspiring Esguerra to attempt to cope with the death of her son through Oshun rituals. The journey that follows takes in Boko Haram and Beyonce in a story that is funny, harrowing and empowering.