"The unsentimental style of these stories packs an emotional punch as they examine post-apartheid patriarchy through the eyes of various observant black women characters." —Foreword Reviews

"Woven into the insightful observations on love and relationships is the omnipresent tension between tradition and the ways that being a South African woman today challenges previously held ideas about women’s roles. Many readers will see themselves in—and find themselves rooting for—the women in Malatji’s solid debut." — Kirkus Reviews

"[Love Interrupted] gives a nuanced glimpse into women's lives a world away from many of us, but those women could, in many ways, be women anywhere. [...] Their authenticity allows the stories to connect women's experiences while showcasing the strength and resiliency of women in a system built against them. [...] [A] beautiful and poignant story collection." — Shelf Unbound

A baby born the wrong color; a college graduate whose African family cannot be seated at a restaurant full of Whites; a man who smashes his Audi through his garage door, killing all his valuable assets in the process. The stories in Reneilwe Malatji’s Love Interrupted peel back the gloss from atop South Africa’s 'Black Diamonds' to reveal the sedimentary layers of truth in the lives of these model middle-class families: each story inventively unfurls a different desire, longing, or frustration. In the paired stories “A Young Girl’s Dream” and “It’s My Turn to Eat,” we find Lebo, a former domestic whose aspirations have led her to own a construction company with a contract from the Department of Transport. We find, when Lebo is caught in the cross-hairs at her own elaborate party, that “the scars of her difficult childhood remain, denying her complete happiness and peace.” The stories of Love Interrupted are just like this, haunting you with their statements about the world of South Africa’s middle class long after you’ve finished reading. —Jacinda Townsend, author Saint Monkey

"[E]ach story inventively unfurls a different desire, longing, or frustration" — Jacinda Townsend, author Saint Monkey