In search of happiness
By: Sonwabiso Ngcowa
Contributors: Dijk, Lutz van, 1955-
Publisher: Cover2Cover Books
Published: 2014
Place of publication: South Africa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 152
ISBN-13: 9780992201807
Subjects: Lesbian teenagers; Fiction
Description: "Nana is fifteen when she travels from her village in the Eastern Cape to the city. She is overjoyed to be reunited with her family, even if they are living in a tiny shack. But she struggles to fit in at her new school, and she is shocked at the violence shown to Chino and Agnes, her Zimbabwean neighbours. When she and Agnes become close friends, and find love in unexpected places, Nana learns firsthand just how brutal ignorance can be and how hard it is to hold on to happiness."--Page [4] of cover.
Notes: "This novel is based on a short story of the same title, published on the FunDza Literacy Trust's mobi network. An earlier version of this novel was translated into German [Nanas Liebe] and published by Peter Hammer Verlag, Germany."--Title page verso.

Includes poem, "Because it's love" by Zinzi Klaas, and afterword, Respect for all colours of love, by Lutz van Dijk.