We Kiss Them With Rain

We Kiss Them With Rain is Futhi Ntshingila's debut novel in North America. This coming-of-age story uses a comedy-style plot where individual identities are hidden from each other and offer a believable and hopeful outcome for Mvelo, the protagonist, whose story starts with tragedy but ends with joy [...]
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We Kiss Them With Rain is Futhi Ntshingila's debut novel in North America. This coming-of-age story uses a comedy-style plot where individual identities are hidden from each other and offer a believable and hopeful outcome for Mvelo, the protagonist, whose story starts with tragedy but ends with joy. The book is set in modern-day South Africa. Startling humor is laced throughout this compelling book, which offers readers an insider look at the problems of poverty and HIV-AIDS that plague this part of the world. Literary fiction that features strong female characters who seek to empower themselves despite life circumstances that could destroy them.Though intended for adults, a great crossover read for mature teens. Great choice for a City Reads program. We Kiss Them With Rain was translated into Portuguese and published by Brazilian publisher Dublinense in June 2016 to critical acclaim and has already gone into a second printing. Ntshingila is currently translating the novel into her native Zulu, which will be released in South Africa in 2017.