If You Want to Make God Laugh

 

"As women, we're told our worth and our value, and the many ways in which we fall short of others' expectations; we're told why we're whores, and why society can't tolerate whores. We're reminded of the ways we dishonor the unwritten contract we didn't know we signed on the day of our birth: a contract in which we agreed to toe the line and know our place simply because we are the fairer sex."
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The women in If You Want to Make God Laugh, Zodwa, Delilah and Ruth are characters we can all relate to in some way. Very different from one another, each has her secret, and they find themselves dramatically together for a common goal.

The South African setting post Apartheid and at the height of the AIDS epidemic was interesting and educational.
Racism, teen pregnancy, inequality, abuse, homophobia, and AIDS stigma were some of the several themes tackled.
This book certainly gives you a lot to consider, like want you would do in their circumstances, and what makes one "worthy" of motherhood.
I'm left wondering what happened to them all, such heartwarming characters they were. Plenty of drama, this is one I would surely love to see it on screen.

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I received If You Want to Make God Laugh in an Instagram giveaway. Thank you 🙏🏼@99_problems_and_a_book_aint_1 📘.

Until next time,

~Kara