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    Bend,Don't Break
    Bend,Don't Break
    Bend,Don't Break
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    Bend,Don't Break

    By Masego Kwenamore

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    The death of her mother at the age 10 had made her want to commit suicide, and when she realized that she was unsuccessful on her suicide attempts, she ran away from her village.
    Naledi/Katlego joined her father in the city and was sexually abused severally by different men. Her brother had committed suicide and was blamed by her family for her brother’s death. She ended up being addicted to gambling that almost cost her everything including her marriage. In all the years, her biggest win was R12, 000 and in 2013 she completely stopped and today is blessed to have recovered.
    With unexpected twists and secrets revealed throughout the novel, and with several themes explored—themes such as Life in the village, Moving to the City and Change of Name, Life outside Parents, Life in Christ, Living by the Grace , Shed an old skin, Addicted to Gambling, Life after Divorce
    Bend, don’t Break will strike an emotional chord and has the power to change your life. It will allow readers to rejoice in the resiliency of a rather unexpected human.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMasego Kwenamore
    Release dateMay 24, 2017
    ISBN9780620756327
    Bend,Don't Break
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    Masego Kwenamore

    Masego Kwenamore is an Inspiration speaker, Mentor and Business Consultant.Being bold in her truth has earned Masego a reputation amongst her peers as a resilient, integrity-powered professional and an example of strength and courage.She has been featured on numerous platforms for her wealth of knowledge and life experiences including Singlehood, Divorce, Single parenthood, Gambling and more.When Masego made the choice to share her story as a speaker to help others out of their own darkness, people were drawn to her insights into self understanding and humanity and Masego realised that her mission was clear. Masego began to be the change she wanted to see.The power in Masego’s message helps others shed the guilt and shame that people struggling with addictions and other life struggles face. Part of the biggest hurdle in being able to recover from your situation is first letting go of the shadows in your life. Masego is living proof that this kind of transformation is possible.Masego was interviewed for Now or Never TV program, SABCN 404 documentary, SABC Motswako Tv talk show, Powerfm, Northwest FM, and few magazines such as YOU, DRUM, MOVE, DESTINY and MOJA , sharing her story to an international audience, revealing an incredible response of encouragement and enormous need.Masego is available to speak for conferences, keynotes and workshops.

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      This book was so inspiring that it made me stop having suicidal thoughts but not only that it was also entertaining and very interesting to see how it was mix of both struggles of the main character

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    Bend,Don't Break - Masego Kwenamore

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    BEND,

    DON’T BREAK

    MASEGO KWENAMORE

    © Masego Kwenamore 2016

    Bend, Don’t Break

    Published by Lefaith Entertainment

    P O Box 103 Alabama, 2577

    info@lefaith.co.za

    ISBN 978-0-620-73880-4

    eISBN 978-0-620-75632-7

    2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3

    All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form by any means electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the written permission of the copyright owner.

    Layout and cover design by Boutique Books

    Printed in South Africa

    Acknowledgements

    All credit is given to God Almighty for the wisdom and courage to write.

    Thanks to Duvha Mpheqeka who encouraged me to share the story and named the book.

    My children Lesedi, Dolapo and Oluwabunmi for their understanding and patience. I love them.

    My siblings Masilo, Masilonyana and Mathapelo Kwenamore for their support.

    Chapter 1

    Life in the village

    Naledi was just a kid, but at the age of ten she was already trained to take care of her siblings. She grew up walking bare-foot, long distance to school, no matter how unbearable the weather conditions. Naledi never complained as she loved to imagine herself educated and successful some day. She also loved church and was very active in church activities. There was just something special about her and every young boy wanted to date her, even at that tender age.

    She loved fetching water at the windmill and fetching wood in the bushes alone; and knew that at 16:00 she should make a fire and put a three-footed pot on to cook dinner.

    One Monday morning, her mother asked her not to go to school because there was a relative’s funeral that she had to attend. She obeyed her mother’s instructions and looked after her nine-month-old brother. Her mother didn’t return from the funeral. Instead, all her mother’s relatives came to the house. She asked, Where is my mother? Instead of getting an answer, her aunts started crying and one of them said, Your mother took someone to the hospital.

    Naledi knew that they were lying, and she told them so. She was an outspoken and confident girl who could read people’s minds. Indeed, they were lying as her mother was the one who had been taken to the hospital. In the evening, her father, Modise, arrived home from work. Modise worked in the city and only came home once a month. When Naledi saw her father she knew her mother was dead. Naledi told everybody in the house, in a calm voice, that she knew that her mother was dead. Her behaviour shocked many elders in the house as she never shed a tear and nobody had told her that her mother was dead.

    Naledi’s mother had got sick at the funeral and had been rushed to the hospital, but had unfortunately died when they arrived at the hospital. Naledi’s mother was a very quiet, reserved woman who never complained. Bad things happened to her several time but she acted very strong. The cause of her death was believed to be witchcraft as it was said that a big stick came out of her head. She was one of the fortunate woman in the village who had a husband who earned a reasonable income and gave her a better standard of living than her neighbours; she’d managed to be the first one in the village to own a black and white television set. Naledi never believed the witchcraft story. She believed her mother died from stress or a depression-related sickness.

    After her mother’s funeral, life became unbearable for Naledi. As everything changed in her home, she started smoking and befriending older women. She would go to the shop and buy herself food and eat it there in the shop. Her aunts noticed the ill behaviour and they started insulting her, telling her that her mother had not been dead for even a month and she was already living a disgraceful life. All that Naledi wanted was someone to tell her that everything was going to be alright. Everything was becoming unbearable for Naledi; the pain of losing her mother was kicking in.

    At that tender age of ten, Naledi also had a boyfriend and the boyfriend actually wanted to have sex with her, but fortunately she was scared to do it. Naledi

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