The Wait

She waited a lifetime for a man who never returned—until the letter came.In a quiet house tucked into the hills of Shoshong, a historic village in Botswana, Boineelo keeps time with memory. The garden she tends still carries his breath. The shadows know his name. Thabiso—the man she loved, the man who left, and the man who never came back—lives in everything.Years pass. The world moves on.But she does not.The Wait is a haunting, poetic novel about love that lingers beyond absence. Through flashbacks, ritual, and emotional devotion, Boineelo refuses to let go of what was. She doesn’t chase closure—she carries it, grows with it, and survives beneath it.When a letter finally arrives, long after hope should have died, the question becomes: Can love still matter if the ending is sorrow?Set against the still beauty of an African village where time stands still, The Wait is a quiet, powerful story about memory, longing, and the invisible threads that tether hearts forever.If you’ve ever held on to love long after the world told you to let go… this book is for you.