Uganda, May 4 -- The Switch by Mary Karooro Okurut is a compelling book which invokes the oft-abused neologism "unputdownable."

Although, it must be said, the author's diction often plays fast and loose with the iron-clad rules guiding the use of idioms, it is a story well told.

Partly drawing upon her own experience as a former Cabinet Minister in Charge of General Duties in the Office of the Prime Minister, the author keeps you turning the page as she weaves her prose beyond the prosaic.

The Switch tells the story of the Minister for Culture, Tezira Chelimo, and her quest to rescue her daughter, Daisy Chemtai Twinobusingye from the fate inflicted upon herself (Chelimo), her mother and countless other victims of Female Genital Mutilat...