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RADIO INTERVIEW: 90.7 RAINBOW FM

DATE: 11 FEBRUARY 2014 - TUESDAY

TIME: 21:00pm

BOOK TITLE: Book For Now I Understand Why It Had To Happen

1. What inspired you to write this book?

I always grew up thinking that I was different, and I basically spend the rest of my life asking myself what was different with me. Until one day I realized that there had to be a reason why I was being faced with so much adversity after another, and why there seems to be more happiness in the lives of my peers and mine was like a mine-field. Until I woke up one morning and decided to embrace my situation by writing it down, and that’s when an inspiration hit to write about what I feel and what I go through and do it in a form of a book.

2. Summarize your book in one to three sentences as if you were speaking to someone unfamiliar with your book and its topic.

Life changing story that talks about a life of a young Christian man, who since childhood has faced trials and tribulations that could have destroyed him if he didn’t have a strong mother. Raised by a single mother, life was a bit hard with finances and the stresses of life. But through it all, he made it because he had a mentality of never giving up.

3. What is the overall theme (central topic, subject or concept) of your book?

The concept of the book is about “how life would be if we were to give up”.

4. Where does this book take place?

It starts in a small remove village called Jericho in a town of Brits and ends up in a big city of Johannesburg, South Africa.

5. Who are the main characters and why are they important to the story?

There are four main characters, because every time they are mentioned, the story changes. Neo, Louisah (Neos Mother), Nonhlanhla (Late Wife) and Bongiwe (Current Wife)

6. Why do you think that this book will appeal to readers?

Because it is filled with all kinds of emotions, its funny, its sad, and very inspiring. It can make you cry but also can make you laugh and will also get you inspired to want to continue in life and never quit.

7. How is your book relevant in today’s society?

This is especially for young people who think that opportunities come to them and if they do not come then life is over, and because they are disadvantaged they can easily give up, and also that when things seem to not be working at a time, it does not mean life can never workout.

8. Is there any subject currently trending in the news that relates to your book?

I hear all the time of young men and woman who have ended their lives because they could not get a job or were facing difficult challenges.

9. What makes your book different from other books like it?

It’s got the original flavor that says, I am strong inside but I did not know it until later.

10. What do you want readers to take away from your writing?

Life is difficult, but what you take out of it can either break you or make you successful.

11. How did you learn about the topic? (i.e. personal experience, education, etc.)

Personal experience

12. Is there a particular passage from your book you’d like us to utilize? If so, please provide.

You can think or imagine life without challenges, but how do you know you are strong if you haven’t really gone through tough times, there is a phrase one man used that says “tough times do not last, but tough people do”.