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Camilla Gibb discusses how and why her creative impulse finds its inspiration elsewhere—in Ethiopia and England for her novel "Sweetness in the Belly" and Vietnam for her novel "The Beauty of the Humanity Movement"—the limits of the cultural appropriation debate, and the relationship between her training as anthropologist and her fiction writing. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A literary criticism of the book "Sweetness in the Belly," by Camilla Gibb is presented. It outlines the main character and explores her symbolic significance. It examines the topic chosen and the author's courage in choosing the topic. An overview of the story is also given which focuses on culture and religion.