The Blessed Girl
Jun 2019 · Bloomsbury Publishing
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'I really, really loved it' - Marian Keyes
'Absolute heaven - I am cackling out loud!' - Nina Stibbe
'The most exciting new heroine I've read in a very long time' - Katie Fforde
'Blows apart the South African society with one of fiction's most dynamic heroines' - Stylist
Shortlisted for the Comedy Women in Print Prize
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Blessed [pronounced bles-id]
The state of being blessed, often referring to a person, usually female, who lives a luxurious lifestyle funded by an older, often married partner
Young, beautiful and ambitious, Bontle Tau has Johannesburg wrapped around her finger. Her admirers are falling over themselves to pay for her Mercedes, her penthouse, and her Instagrammable holidays. She's come a long way, and it's been far from easy.
Yes, Bontle gets the blues from time to time. The shrink keeps wanting to talk about a past she's put behind her. But what she doesn't think about can't hurt her, can it?
Darkly comic and razor-sharp, The Blessed Girl is an international bestseller about men, mental health, and getting rich by any means necessary...
'Absolute heaven - I am cackling out loud!' - Nina Stibbe
'The most exciting new heroine I've read in a very long time' - Katie Fforde
'Blows apart the South African society with one of fiction's most dynamic heroines' - Stylist
Shortlisted for the Comedy Women in Print Prize
___________________________
Blessed [pronounced bles-id]
The state of being blessed, often referring to a person, usually female, who lives a luxurious lifestyle funded by an older, often married partner
Young, beautiful and ambitious, Bontle Tau has Johannesburg wrapped around her finger. Her admirers are falling over themselves to pay for her Mercedes, her penthouse, and her Instagrammable holidays. She's come a long way, and it's been far from easy.
Yes, Bontle gets the blues from time to time. The shrink keeps wanting to talk about a past she's put behind her. But what she doesn't think about can't hurt her, can it?
Darkly comic and razor-sharp, The Blessed Girl is an international bestseller about men, mental health, and getting rich by any means necessary...
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Veronica Atemnkeng
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29 January 2020
Nice simple read. The only exciting thing was the big reveal of the mains character's secret
About the author
Born and raised in a township in East Rand, Angela Makholwa is a bestselling South African novelist who started out working as a crime reporter. The case of a real life serial killer who approached Makholwa to write his story inspired her first novel, Red Ink, the first South African crime fiction written by a female black author. Acclaimed for her contribution to African literature, Makholwa is currently based in Johannesburg. The Blessed Girl is her fourth novel.
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