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    The Blessed Girl

    Written by Angela Makholwa

    Narrated by Zuzu Robinson

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    Young, beautiful, and ambitious, Bontle Tau has Johannesburg wrapped around her finger. Her generous admirers are falling over themselves to pay for her Mercedes, her penthouse, and her Instagrammable holidays. It's a long way from the neighborhood she started out in, and it's been far from easy.

    Along with making sure she always looks fabulous — because people didn't sacrifice their lives in the freedom struggle for black women to wear the same cheap T-shirts they wore during apartheid — Bontle's also hustling to get her business off the ground. And if that wasn't enough, her ex is still refusing to sign their divorce papers. It's not that she stopped loving him; he was just so stubborn about wasting his medical degree on treating the poor.

    Yes, Bontle gets the blues from time to time — who doesn't? — and the shrink keeps wanting to talk about a past she's put firmly behind her, but what she doesn't think about can't hurt her, can it?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDreamscape Media Audio
    Release dateAug 13, 2019
    ISBN9781974978120
    Author

    Angela Makholwa

    ANGELA MAKHOLWA is the much-loved author of gripping psychological thrillers. Her novels – Red Ink, The 30th Candle, Black Widow Society, and the internationally acclaimed The Blessed Girl – are filled with entertaining escapades and sexual misadventures.

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    • 4/5
      Such an amazing read. Loved how the 4th wall was broken though the book and it felt like we were having a conversation with Bontly
    • 3/5
      i loved the book and am glad the protagonist got her happy ending. but u did not like the narrator's accent, it felt like a forced south african accent.
    • 5/5
      Great book, enjoyed it.

      Readers accent a bit unpleasantness but great content.
    • 5/5
      Loved it! Absolutely love it! It is such a memorable read!

      1 person found this helpful

    • 3/5
      3.5?

      It was a good read and I am glad the ending wasn’t devastating like most books set around the subject matter are.

      Bontley is as flawed as she is lovable.
    • 3/5
      It was entertaining but sort of felt like a chick lit which i didn’t like and writing in first person didn’t work for me. also the main character is an unreliable narrator and kind of unlikeable