Finding Me

by Ayanda Xaba

Nomcebo Khumalo, a 23-year-old daughter of a politician from Richard’s Bay, gets devastated when she loses her one-year-old son to a car accident. After feeling abandoned by her family all her life, Nomcebo had decided she would leave everything behind, be independent, and raise her one-night-stand baby alone. The accident that took her son shook her life, until her baby daddy came to restore the balance. If only…
Adult life never really goes the way she hoped she would. Work isn’t as fulfilling, friendships aren’t as solid, and love isn’t as rosy. When it all gets too much for her, she packs a bag and goes on a little adventure to distress. A weekend turns into months. One moment she was requesting a ride from a friend’s house to Durban North Beach, the next she was snorting drugs, dancing on tables, shagging strangers, having blackouts for sleep, and singing her pain for the masses. She got too caught up in all these events to notice the time. A freak accident results in her staying in Mooi River for a while, and this is where she meets Tony who becomes a big instrument in her healing - until his true colours are revealed and disappointment forces Nomcebo to return to her old life.
Finding Me is another mesmerizing, stay-up-all-night and tell-all-your-friends offering from award-winning author, Ayanda Xaba. It is an old fashioned story of loss, obsession, survival, love, and self-invention.

227 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 14, 2024

About the author

Ayanda Xaba is an award-winning self-published author from Ladysmith, KwaZulu-Natal who is passionate about her family, women empowerment, and travelling. When she’s not creating stories, she is an avid reader who likes binging on horror and psychological thrillers. Her goal is to unapologetically tell stories of African women and be the voice of the voiceless.