About the Book: The Bench
In the novel The Bench the author endeavours to look at the complexities of
life through the prism of human emotions. The protagonist, Natasha, embarks on a
journey of self-actualisation. Waiting endlessly, without hope, she sits on the
hospital bench living through the trauma and tribulations of her life as her
husband fights for his life after a terrible accident. The doctors and nurses
befriend her as she reaches out to help others. Instead of becoming a poor
helpless victim of circumstances she sets out to carve a new life for herself.
Does she succeed? Is it enough for her