Waste not Your Tears - Vivienne Ndlovu

Waste not your tears

A novel by Vivienne Ndlovu

Wowed by the lights and prospects of city life, Loveness leaves her small mining town in search of a new life in Harare. She imagines herself falling for a hot-shot city man becoming his wife and spending her life in luxury while tending to her city children.

The man she considers the love of her life is anything but a hot shot, and he is abusive and uncaring. To top all this off, he is HIV positive.

Loveness is at a crossroads. She must reconsider her choices. Although, Waste Not Your Tears does not shy away from misfortune, it is also a novel of forgiveness and hope.

Loveness is an unlikely heroine on a stage set during the crisis of HIV/AIDS in Zimbabwe. She lives, however, amongst us, and reading this sensitive and thoughtful novel provides insights into the challenges of making the wrong choices, but having the strength to move forward.

ISBN: 978-1-77922-331-9 (p/b)

ISBN: 978-1-77922-332-6 (e-pub) 11.54

‘… a welcome contribution to the literatures of the region, and Zimbabwe in particular … a satirical attack on the values and practices that have led to the meltdown not only of the economy, but of morals and commonsense.’ Robert Muponde, University of the Witwatersrand.

With an Introduction by Kizito Muchemwa, Zimbabwe Open University.

132 x 210mm; pp. 164

ISBN: 978 1 77922 082 0