Memoirs of the Village Idiot

By Nandi Mhlongo

‘How is it possible that life, for the life of it, could be painful and joy-less? Yet it has survived for ages?’…

Is the ability to see the world in its most unflattering state, without reason nor rhyme, a gift or a curse with a pinch of mental instability?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Austin Macauley Publishers
• Release date: Dec 16, 2022
• ISBN: 9781398471092

Nandi Mhlongo

Nandi Mhlongo is a realist who aims to capture the world behind its sunshine and butterflies’ façade. Having grown up in a society where mental health was never prioritised. Herself a sufferer, she has seen adults and children suffer in silence with no one to talk to or get help from. This is her way of bringing awareness and hopefully the needed assistance to the mental health community.

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About the Author

Nandi Mhlongo is a realist who aims to capture the world behind its sunshine and butterflies’ façade. Having grown up in a society where mental health was never prioritised. Herself a sufferer, she has seen adults and children suffer in silence with no one to talk to or get help from. This is her way of bringing awareness and hopefully the needed assistance to the mental health community.

Dedication

This book is dedicated to an angel. I pray your life’s purpose collides with your destiny and produces a brightness that no darkness will ever dim…

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ISBN 9781398471092 (ePub e-book)

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Acknowledgement

I would like to thank Austin Macauley Publishers for their faith in my work.

Foreword

This mini book of unpoetry (yes, it’s a thing) tours the raggedy landscape of a mind carved out by anxiety and depression. It is about an earthly soul practically living in hell. It seeks to clarify the role religion plays as the oil in this ‘self-combustion’. More of a when-you-can’t-blame-anybody-else-blame-God monologue. Mental health is still a