It's a Mess, by Rose Mphahlele

Life after matric becomes a mixture of excitement and confusion for Opelong. After passing matric and not qualifying to study for the course she always wanted, life takes a wrong tum. With mounting pressure from her peers not to take a gap year, she enrolls for a media course which she finds fascinating. Her path crosses with that of Boika, a girl who is just as confused. The two go on a rollercoaster ride, living lavish life they could not afford. To foot the bills and secure their bags, they resort into a life of sleeping around with older wealthy men. Opelong's mother knows her daughter's unbecoming ways but instead of reprimanding her to toe a straight line, she encourages her. Little did she know her daughter's destructive path leads to a reveal of a big secret she's been keeping from her - her paternity. When things fall apart with a man Opelong thought is 'the one' she throws herself in the arms of the next available Sugar Daddy. A one night of reckless pleasure turns to hold dire lifetime consequences. She is not only left pregnant and hopeless, she abruptly leams her one night lover is her long concealed biological father. Like glass her life shatters!