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"[E]ach story inventively unfurls a different desire, longing, or frustration" — Jacinda Townsend, author Saint Monkey
In her debut collection of short fiction, Reneilwe Malatji invites us into the intimate lives of South African women—their whispered conversations, their love lives, their triumphs and heartbreaks. This diverse chorus of female voices recounts misadventures with love, family, and community in powerful stories woven together with anger, politics, and wit. Malatji crafts an engaging collection full of rich, memorable characters who navigate work, love, patriarchy, and racism with thoughtfulness, strength, and humor.
"The unsentimental style of these stories packs an emotional punch as they examine post-apartheid patriarchy through the eyes of various observant black women characters." —Foreword Reviews
Angela 1
Drama Queens and Kings 13
Love Interrupted 26
Lebo’s Story 1: A Young Girl’s Dream Interrupted 57
Lebo’s Story 2: It’s My Turn to Eat 76
Vicious Cycle 91
The Things We Do For Love 108
Take Back the Lobola 123
Bridal Shower 137
My Perfect Husband 152
The Threat 163
A Million Dollars in Grahamstown 175
Toy Boy 200
Glossary 220