This is what the press said about this Sunday Mail, 21 April 2002 in a review by Jim Patsanza “Desperation drives women to prostitution.” At the launch of “Desperate”, by Chiedza Musengezi, at the Zimbabwe-German Society, on 17 May 2002. “This book breaks new ground.” Financial Gazette, 23 May 2002, review by Grace Mutandiwa “Theirs is a life of sacrifice.” Weekend Tribune, 29 June 2002, by the Women and Health editor “A book the fairer sex should not miss.” Daily News, 3 July 2002, review by Abel Chapatarongo “ ‘ Desperate’ captures the trials and tribulations of prostitutes candidly.”