Love Bombs

A young adult novel by Richard Mabala, a well-known writer of more than twenty children’s books in both Swahili and English. Marieta’s life had already been turned upside down once before, when her Mum and Dad broke up and her Dad was never seen again. She was left to grow up with her Auntie and Uncle, who had been her rock and refuge for all these years. But now the way they argue and fight, she sees the same thing happening again. Do they even care about her feelings while they hurt each other? Where would she go if they broke up? She is not going to let it happen a second time. She is going to explode her love bombs until they realise how much they love each other, and they will be one happy family again. A novel born from Mabala’s twenty years of listening to adolescents who wish their parents would listen to them.