Chapter 9: A Beautiful Lie, Professionally Done

Author:   Mbiganyi Malidza
Publisher:   Mbiganyi Malidza
Volume:   3
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9798233037054


Pages:   244
Publication Date:   18 February 2026
Format:   Paperback
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Chapter 9: A Beautiful Lie, Professionally Done


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Naledi thought being seen would feel like freedom. Then the cameras arrived. A celebrated filmmaker framed her pain as ""ethical storytelling,"" and suddenly her life ended up belonging to strangers: edited, packaged, and applauded. When she tried to take herself back, the real production began, not on set, but in whispers and emails. A legal letter. An unknown number. An invitation delivered like kindness, asking her to come alone. Then a hard drive appeared, heavy with proof and danger. They offered ""closure"" in a gallery lit like a confession. They offered mediation as mercy. They spoke in careful sentences designed to sound reasonable while tightening the net. But Naledi stopped performing. She built a different kind of power, the kind that didn't rely on charm: witnesses, strategy, and a lawyer who turned intimidation into evidence. With Mmoloki beside her, a furious editor in her corner, and an auntie who smelled manipulation like smoke, Naledi forced the story into the open, where truth didn't need permission. Tense, intimate, and sharp, CHAPTER 9: A BEAUTIFUL LIE, PROFESSIONALLY DONE follows one woman's fight to reclaim her voice, not with noise, but with precision.

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Author:   Mbiganyi Malidza
Publisher:   Mbiganyi Malidza
Imprint:   Mbiganyi Malidza
Volume:   3
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.286kg
ISBN:  

9798233037054


Pages:   244
Publication Date:   18 February 2026
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order   Availability explained
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Mbiganyi Malidza is a Botswana writer who blends romance, fantasy, and survival guides with humor and originality. His characters keep him awake at night, his ancestors occasionally pitch him plot twists, and his readers keep coming back for more laughter, drama, and unforgettable surprises. Once upon a time, in the land of late nights and half-finished coffee cups, Mbiganyi Malidza Dreamt, not from boardrooms or boring rules, but from spilled coffee, late-night giggles, and the kind of ideas polite publishers cross themselves to avoid. Instead of playing it safe, I decided to print romances that misbehave, comedies that walk into walls, and characters who make readers laugh, blush, and wonder why their life isn't this entertaining. If stories are supposed to behave... mine never got the memo. Romance with plot twists spicier than your auntie's secret chili sauce.

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