A South African novel about a girl named Khethiwe. She was brought up in impoverished circumstances, her parents are strained to survive due to their lack of education to raise their daughter. She has her untold truths and is very cautious about whom to trust. A scar is always a scar and it will never go away. It is engraved to you or within you. Lihle happens to be her high school sweetheart and also the main reason why her life turned around...