For Your Bookshelf: Van Manenberg, Met Liefde
Growing up without a father in Manenberg, Jay and Alpha had their own ways of surviving. Jay left for a new life with a scholarship, but when a baby is abandoned on his doorstep, his plans crumble. Now, he has to face the dangerous world he thought he’d escaped.
Author: Mike Michaels
Genres: Jeugliteratuur, Fiksie
Format: Paperback
Pages: 160 pages
Publisher: Protea Boekhuis
Published: 2014
Plot Details
Jay and Alpha grew up in the same broken world—no father, just survival. But they chose different paths. Alpha remained in Manenberg, where he became the leader of the Lo$t Boys gang and clung to power with both hands. Jay, on the other hand, got out. A scholarship to Cape Town was his way to something better, or at least that’s what he hoped. What was supposed to be a new beginning turned sideways the day he came across a baby, abandoned and alone.
Suddenly his life is not just about books and classes. It’s a tangled mess, one he’s not sure he can untangle. Trusting the authorities is out of the question, but with nowhere else to turn, Jay faces a decision that could draw him back into the danger he thought he’d left behind. With a gang war brewing, his only option may be to return to the middle of it all.
“Wie’s my ma?
Wie’s my pa?
Wie’s my broe’?
Wie’s my swae’?”
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