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Lenganji's Diary

Lenganji's Diary

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In the heart of Ndola, Zambia, where every sunrise brings new drama, seventeen-year-old Lenganji Nawale is just trying to survive being young, loud, and a little too honest. Her world is a messy mix of friendship group chats, unfinished assignments, street noise, and secrets scribbled between pastel sticky notes. Between her best friends - Tehila, the hopeless romantic, and Lubasi, the quiet realist - Lenganji finds herself caught between laughter, heartbreak, and the chaos that comes with growing up. Then there's Kondwani, the engineering student with the voice that makes her forget her name, and Troy, the boy who makes her question everything she thought she knew about love. With every page of her diary, she untangles not just their stories - but her own fears, insecurities, and the complicated beauty of being a Zambian teen on the edge of adulthood. From stolen moments in taxis and noisy bedrooms to heartbreak texts at 2 a.m., Lenganji's Diary captures what it feels like to be young - to love too much, dream too big, and find peace in a city that never sleeps. It's funny, raw, and sometimes painfully real - because growing up isn't quiet. It's a whole soundtrack of laughter, tears, and late-night diary entries you'll never admit you wrote.
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"Dear Diary ..." She fell in love with him but she knew they would never end up as anything else than friends. She knew she'd always be in the friendzone. Poor girl; she was a rainbow but he was colorblind. . Cover made by: @Mystical__Panda Edited by: @littaff & @staraquatic #525 in romance! {29/7/2017} The Fic Awards Winner (Best Romance) & The Mist Awards Second Place Winner & Book Center's Summer Awards Second Place Winner! Copyright©thegirlwhowroteit2™2015

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