A Bus Ride Home

When Tlotlego encounters her childhood lover at a wedding, her life is thrown into disarray. After her divorce, she tried to get her life back and flush men out of her system. Now seeing Jabu - the boy whose kiss made her feel things she could not describe at 14 - reignited her feelings for him and his for her. They decide to give their love a chance. Then she sees a part of him that unnerves her. She goes to Lesotho for a 124km walk, hoping to reflect on her life. Her journey takes us through her life and that of her friends, Kgopolo, Amantle and Pelontle.

Growing up in a small and remote village in South Africa, Tidimalo Manyaapelo enjoyed reading and writing. While she wrote drama scripts for her church youth group, she never realised writing was a gift she could share. She enjoyed radio drama and wished to write and act for radio. She later acted in radio drama and went on to write radio drama and educational programmes for SABC radio. She has edited several Setswana Learner's and Teacher's books and also contributed short stories and a short drama in a Setswana Reader. This is her first novel.