Africa-Press – Lesotho. Lerato Mohale says ‘Purpose Forgotten Too’ novel focuses on men who have forgotten their roles and responsibilities in their families. “It is centered on men who
have forgotten about their responsibility of being fathers to their children and husbands to their wives, so this book entails very emotional content that targets disputes surrounding alcohol abuse, infidelity, physical
and emotional abuse,” she revealed, adding that the novel highlights social issues inclusive of substance dependence, love, family, abuse and faith, entirely written to provoke thoughts.
Mohale further noted that the Purpose Forgotten Too is a sequel of the first novel Purpose Forgotten which was published in 2017. Mohale started her writing
career in 2005 while in primary school. According to her she demonstrated her interest through poetry until she explored other different genres of writing.
She added that she was inspired to venture into writing because it was the only way she could clearly express her feelings. “As an introvert, I could only portray my feelings in
writing to pass on the message to its targeted audience,” she indicated. So far she has only managed to publish the two novels. Mohale disclosed that she
is currently working effortlessly to empower upcoming authors by helping them to publish their work. The young Author and Poet indicated that she has recently engaged in various projects that are aimed at giving the upcoming
authors an opportunity and platform to publicize their work after compiling their publications and thus has paused with writing. She said her task is to
equip them with necessary skills and knowledge required in writing processes, which will uplift them. These books are to be published in both English and
Sesotho. On other observations, she said the principal challenges that local authors are faced with include among others low readership, saying Basotho prefer reading international books over
local publications. “It is also hard to find publishing contracts in the country hence all my publications were made in South Africa. This makes it hard
for upcoming writers to publish their work. Another major problem is penetrating the local market, fortunately I overcame this problem by giving out free copies of the books to attract clients,” she added.
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