Let God Solve It

About the Book

This is a story set in Lusaka, Zambia, about Martha, a woman who had been entrapped in an abusive marriage. Her husband, Gerry, had been cruel to her and to the child Martha had had before she met and married him. When she conceived their second child together, he had forced her to have an abortion saying he loved their first child too much to love another. He was blatantly unfaithful, often taking his girlfriend home when Martha was at work, in full view of their children.

Suffering the dilemma of having to decide what was best to do for her children's sake, she tried to bear her woes as best as she could. She revived a relationship with an old boyfriend thinking it would give her satisfaction but found out that it only made her feel worse. She finally mustered enough courage to divorce her husband once she realized things would never get better.

Once on her own, Martha tried to catch up on things she had longed to do since leaving high school. She had always loved music and she contacted a local hotel about singing there at the cabaret shows they gave. She started singing there, balancing her time between her secretarial job and her music. With support form relatives and friends, she was finally coming out of her shell and blossoming. Then Martha meets a man who promises to help her with her music if she would give up her day job to become a professional musician.

About the Author

Florence Chunga was born and raised in Lusaka, Zambia. After graduating from high school, though she had wanted a career in music, she took up Air Traffic Control (ATC) instead. The author chose ATC because her father was strongly against a career in the arts since all the artists he knew barely made enough money to support themselves.

ATC was an all-male profession in Zambia when Chunga joined and some of the men welcomed her presence while others tried to frustrate her progress in every way they could. She worked hard, discovered ATC was an art in its own way and became the first Zambian woman Air Traffic Control Officer in 1978 at Lusaka International Airport where she was based for her 23 years in the profession. Chunga loved the job, was good at it and she scooped the 'Controller of the Year' award in 1991 given by Roan Air Services (currently Zambian Airways).

In the year 2000, at the level of Senior Air Traffic Control officer, Chunga decided to go on early retirement to pursue other interests.

You can contact the author at: florencechunga@yahoo.com