Do not go gentle -

Futhi Ntshingila

Modjaji Books

2014

144 páginas

4h 48m

ISBN-13: 9781920590505

Life wasn't always this hard for fourteen-year-old Mvelo, who lives with her mother, Zola in the shacks on the margins of Mkhumbane township. There were good times when they lived with Sipho, Zola's lawyer boyfriend. But when the beautiful and mysterious Nonceba Hlathi arrives, Zola has to make a choice. She also has her pride. Now their social grants have been discontinued: the one for Mvelo being underage reared by a 31-year-old single mother, and the other for Zola because of her status. And there is also an elephant growing in their shack as the terrible thing that happened that night in the revival tent remains unspoken. In her second novel, Futhi Ntshingila once again introduces us to a cast of strong women who have little, but are determined to shape their own destinies.

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Vidas marcadas pelo HIV

Um livro tocante sobre Mvelo, uma menina vivendo na África do Sul pós-apartheid cuidando de sua mãe Zola gravemente doente. A narrativa mistura dor e esperança enquanto enfrentam a probreza, o estigma do HIV com coragem. A narrativa é simples, mas poderosa e envolvente mas não é para os fracos de coração. O livro traz um olhar delicado mas sem romantizar a realidade dura das personagens.