This site requires JavaScript to be enabled. Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings, or upgrade to a modern browser.

Jenny's Hot Takes : Episode 19 : An excerpt from Yewande Omotoso's "An Unusual Grief"

Loading player...

After giving us intimate insight into her award nominated novel, author Yewande Omotoso has agreed to treat us to an excerpt .

"An Unusual Grief" has been short-listed for this year's coveted fiction prize at the Sunday Times Literary Awards in partnership with Exclusive Books.

It tells the story of a mother on a quest to find out why her daughter took her own life.

HOT1027's Jenny Crwys-Williams has more..

11 Oct 2023 English South Africa Entertainment News · Documentary

Other recent episodes

Female Forward: "We need to stop dismissing symptoms"

Johannesburg doctors are urging women to stop dismissing symptoms they've long been told are "just part of being a woman". For generations many women have accepted painful periods, bladder leaks, exhaustion and even brain-fog as simply part of life. But this women's month, specialists say too many are suffering in…

5 Aug 2 min

Female Forward: Episode 4: Breast Cancer: No such thing as "too young"

A Joburg pathologist says she diagnoses women in their thirties with breast cancer almost every week— and some patients are even younger. Yet many women still believe cancer is something that only happens later in life, or to people with a family history. As we zone in on women’s health…

4 Aug 2 min

Female Forward: Episode 3: What if it's NOT normal?

Many women have been told heavy periods, constant exhaustion, pain during sex, bloating, anxiety and hot flushes are just part of life. But what if they aren't? This women’s month, HOT1027 News is looking at the symptoms too many women have been taught to ignore.

3 Aug 2 min

Female Forward: Episode 2: "The symptoms women should never ignore"

Doctors here in Joburg are warning that far too many women are putting their own health and wellbeing on the back burner. August is Women's Month, and HOT1027 has brought together leading experts to answer the questions every woman should know the answers to. HOT1027's Tara Penny reports…

2 Aug 2 min

Female Forward: Episode 1: "If you listen to your body whisper, you won't have to hear it scream"

August is Women’s Month and HOT1027 is putting women’s health in the spotlight. We're looking at everything from the symptoms women dismiss... to the screenings that are postponed... and the questions many are often too embarrassed—or too busy—to ask. HOT1027’s Tara Penny reports …

1 Aug 2 min

All episodes