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Kwaito Love
With an overprotective brother, a part-time job and a project deadline fast approaching, Mpho has no time for romance. She dreams of ditching her cooking oil-stained apron for designer fabrics and will not let anything jeopardise her chances of succes- until Thabang, a record label owner and her brother's nemesis, makes an appearance. Mpho agrees to go on a date with him, and then a couple more, until her brother finds out and all hell breaks loose. Heartbroken and confused, Mpho vows to cut all ties with Thabang and his controlling and sometimes outdated ways. But Mpho find it hard to shake that feeling of longing , and it doesn't help that Thabang continues to fight for her. (Set in South Africa)
125 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2010
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About the author
Lauri Kubuitsile
59 books32 followersLauri Is a full time, award winning writer living in Botswana. She writes for children, teens and adults. She writes romance, detective, literary and humourous books.
Lauri has won or been shortlisted for numerous writing awards including: The Caine Prize, The Golden Baobab, MER Award for Best Youth Novel, The Sanlam Prize, Anglo Platinum Short Story Award and the Orange Botswerere Prize for Creative Writing.
She blogs at http://thoughtsfrombotswana.blogspot....
Her books include:
Signed, Hoplessly in Love (YA)
The Curse of the Gold Coins (children)
Mmele and the Magic Bones (children)
Lorato and her Wire Car (children)
In her Detective Kate Gomolemo series:
The Fatal Payout
Murder for Profit
Anything for Money
Claws of a Killer
Romance:
Kwaito Love
Can He Be The One?
Mr Not Quite Good Enough
Love in the Shadows
Short Stories:
In The Spririt of McPhineas Lata
Lauri has won or been shortlisted for numerous writing awards including: The Caine Prize, The Golden Baobab, MER Award for Best Youth Novel, The Sanlam Prize, Anglo Platinum Short Story Award and the Orange Botswerere Prize for Creative Writing.
She blogs at http://thoughtsfrombotswana.blogspot....
Her books include:
Signed, Hoplessly in Love (YA)
The Curse of the Gold Coins (children)
Mmele and the Magic Bones (children)
Lorato and her Wire Car (children)
In her Detective Kate Gomolemo series:
The Fatal Payout
Murder for Profit
Anything for Money
Claws of a Killer
Romance:
Kwaito Love
Can He Be The One?
Mr Not Quite Good Enough
Love in the Shadows
Short Stories:
In The Spririt of McPhineas Lata
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May 13, 2018
From my blog: https://miriamdrori.com/2010/06/07/a-...
At the end of April, I won a book. The book that I won is Kwaito Love by Lauri Kubuitsile. It’s a romance novella published by Sapphire Press, a new imprint of Kwela Books.
The book took a month to arrive. I was beginning to wonder whether it would ever come. But, as it turned out, its timing was perfect. Because the morning after its arrival brought news that heralded a difficult week for me. It was so hard that by the end I decided to take two days off from my connection to the world – my computer.
With all the extra time, I sat in my garden and relaxed with this sweet story that’s completely removed from anything I know. It’s set in South Africa, and describes a world where traditional food includes vetkoek or makwinya – depending on the language being spoken, where women of twenty-four are too young to marry, where family ties are very strong and where the worst problems are caused by misunderstandings.
No doubt the last item in my list is not always true of this place, but in the world described in this story, that’s all there is. And that’s what drew me to this beautiful, well-written story: its ability to distract my mind from all my worries and transport me to a world where the love between two people is the only thing that really matters.
The heroine of this story is called Mpho (pronounced M-Po) and Lauri tells me the name means a gift. The book was certainly a beautiful gift to me. Thank you, Lauri!
At the end of April, I won a book. The book that I won is Kwaito Love by Lauri Kubuitsile. It’s a romance novella published by Sapphire Press, a new imprint of Kwela Books.
The book took a month to arrive. I was beginning to wonder whether it would ever come. But, as it turned out, its timing was perfect. Because the morning after its arrival brought news that heralded a difficult week for me. It was so hard that by the end I decided to take two days off from my connection to the world – my computer.
With all the extra time, I sat in my garden and relaxed with this sweet story that’s completely removed from anything I know. It’s set in South Africa, and describes a world where traditional food includes vetkoek or makwinya – depending on the language being spoken, where women of twenty-four are too young to marry, where family ties are very strong and where the worst problems are caused by misunderstandings.
No doubt the last item in my list is not always true of this place, but in the world described in this story, that’s all there is. And that’s what drew me to this beautiful, well-written story: its ability to distract my mind from all my worries and transport me to a world where the love between two people is the only thing that really matters.
The heroine of this story is called Mpho (pronounced M-Po) and Lauri tells me the name means a gift. The book was certainly a beautiful gift to me. Thank you, Lauri!
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