UJessica, intombi encinci kaMnu Hendra, wayecaphukiswa kukutshintsha kukayise waba yinkwenkwe yeposta yosindiso lukaThixo; nje ukuba ulive icala lakhe ebalini, kulula ukuqonda ukuba kutheni. Utyhola ngelithi utata wakhe wamxhaphaza ngokwesondo izihlandlo ezininzi ukusukela kwiminyaka yobudala emi-6 ukubheka phambili, kwaye waphinda wenza amanye amatyala, njengokuhlukunyezwa ngokwasemphefumlweni kunye noloyiko ngokubanzi njengotata- akukho nanye ayikhankanyileyo kuthengiso olucocekileyo lukaMnu. Hendra, ngaphandle Amagqabantshintshi ambalwa angacacanga nacacileyo. Emva Utata uJoe kwaphuma-xa uMnu Hendra watyholwa ngelungelo lobuKristu njengeqhawe-Nks. U-Hendra uthathe iakhawunti yakhe Ixesha , eyapapasha isiqwenga eside kwizityholo zakhe (ezo utata wakhe, waziphikayo ngokungathandabuzekiyo).
Kwangoko Uyipheka Njani Intombi Yakho , sinikwa incasa yoko kuzayo: Ukubamba ukubona Utata uJoe kwishelufa eseBorder, uNkosazana Hendra ujonga umfanekiso oqweqwe ngasemva — ithambo lemonki efrankileyo ebambelele ngezandla kwiBhayibhile. Bandikhumbuza izandla ezakhe zabamba umntwana. Oko kwakutyhale umva iinwele ezimhlophe-mhlophe kwaye wamsa ebhedini, U-Nks Hendra ubhala kakubi. Oko wayeziva ephantsi kwe-nightie yakhe. Oko kwakuhlolisise intombazana encinci.
Uyipheka Njani Intombi Yakho (u-Judith Regan okhethekileyo) ngowoluhlobo lwe-icky yememo yokuziphindezela malunga nokuphathwa gadalala kwabantwana-u-Oprah udibana no-Oliver Twist-ka-Kathryn Harrison Ukiss (malunga nokuthandana kwakhe ne yena Utata) ngumzekelo wokuqala. Igalelo likaNks Hendra linokuba dopey ngamanye amaxesha, ngakumbi xa esikhumbuza kwakhona ukuba uTony Hendra mubi, mbi, mbi. Kodwa ucacisa kakhulu (mhlawumbi ethe ngqo) malunga nokuba kutheni kwaye kutheni, kwaye uzobe umfanekiso otyhafisayo weziphumo zokuxhatshazwa kwabantwana: Waye washiyeka ehamba ixesha lokufikisa kunye nokuba mdala ethwele ukuzithemba okuphantsi kunye neengxaki zesondo eziguqukele ekubeni kukutya okuyingozi ukuphazamiseka.
Ibali lakhe liqinisekile ukuba liza kuhlangana nabantu abasindileyo kwizilingo ezifanayo (ngoku kukho uncwadi olusempilweni lokutya oku kweli qela), kunye nabani na owathathwa kunye Utata uJoe Ngubani onokuthi afune ukwazi malunga nokuqhubeka kuka-Mnu. Hendra. Ukuphendula kukatata uTony xa uJessica okhulileyo ekugqibeleni wajongana naye-Yeka ukuzimela. Izinto ezibi kakhulu zenzekile ebantwaneni, njl-njl., Kuyacaphukisa, ukutsho nje okuncinci. Kodwa kuye nabani na ongomnye: Ufuna ukufunda okungakanani malunga nendoda ephulula intombi yayo encinci?
Ubuntwana bukaJessica obutsha bunokuchazwa nje ngokuba bungaqhelekanga kakhulu-nangaphandle kokuxhatshazwa. Ngo-1971, xa wayeneminyaka emi-6 — emva kokufuduka kwelizwe esuka eCalifornia — usapho lwangena kwidolophu encinci yaseNew Jersey ebizwa ngokuba yiGlen Gardner, bekhubeka bangena edolophini njengeqela lamagypsy. Abazali bakhe babewuphatha umzi njengendawo yokuphambuka. Hendra utata Wayephethwe ngumntu omnyama kwaye ehlala enobubi, kwaye wayexakekile eleqa ikhondo lakhe njengesihlalo, esiya kwisiXeko saseNew York esiya kusebenza Isibane kwaye uhlala enyamalala kangangeentsuku ngexesha lokunxila.
Ngezihlandlo xa wayekunye, indlu yayizaliswa ngabaqhuli ababedlala ngokuchitha engqondweni nasezimpikiswaneni. (Ngobo busika, i Isibane waba ngumcimbi wosapho…. Babedlala kwaye bonwabile, kodwa nehlazo labo lakhawuleza laba mnyama kwaye banomsindo.) Baxulutywa ngamatye kwaye balala beze engceni xa uJessica kunye nodadewabo omdala (kunye nabamelwane) bebukele benentloni kunye noloyiko. Kwakungeli xesha ke apho uMnu Hendra wabhala isincoko esothusayo apho kwathiwa incwadi yentombi yakhe: Ungayipheka Njani Intombi Yakho yayiyinto ebonakalisa isini, epapashwe kwi Isibane , malunga nokubhaka nokuqwenga intombazana encinci. Kwakukho ngeli xesha apho ubudlelwane bukaMnu Hendra kunye nentombi yakhe bewela umda-ubusuku awangena ebhedini kunye nam watshintsha ubomi bam ngonaphakade.
UNks Hendra wanyamezela enye inkqubela engafunekiyo evela kubaba wakhe owayenobundlobongela, ongalindelekanga emva kokuba usapho lufudukele kwigumbi eliphezulu e-East Fourth Street. Yayilusuku oluhle lwe Isibane : Xa ukuzithemba kwakhe kuphezulu, waba ngusomandla kwaye waziva engenakuphathwa ngokuziphatha. Wayenemicimbi emininzi, wasela ngakumbi, wenza iziyobisi ngakumbi kwaye waziphatha ngokuzikhukhumeza 'okukufunayo' okumbeka ngaphezulu kwakhe wonke umntu. UNks Hendra ekugqibeleni wasinda kwisiphithiphithi ngokungena kwindawo ye-punk ye-1970. Kwezinye zezona ndima zimnandi kwincwadi yakhe, yena nentombi yakhe badiliza idolophu ukuya kwi-CBGB kunye neMudd Club bemamele ii-Buzzcock kunye ne-Clash, beka izikhonkwane zokhuselo ezindlebeni zabo kunye nokutshaya icuba le-clove, ngokungummangaliso ukunqanda ingxaki enkulu: ndiyabona Kwakukho izizathu ezibini zokuba ndisinde ebusheni. Enye, ndandizithiyile iziyobisi. Okwesibini, ndandineentloni zokulala kakhulu…. Ndinobuntwana bam ukuba ndibulele kubo bobabini.
Njengoko unokuba sele uqikelele, uMnu Hendra ekugqibeleni wahamba nosapho. UJessica waya kwisikolo sokubambela e-U.K., kwaye-ngoncedo lomyeni onothando kunye ne-heroic shrink-wajongana ne-bulimia kunye ne-anorexia kwaye wenza iinzame ezininzi zokuba ngaphumeleli ukujongana notata wakhe ngento ayenzileyo. Kwaye kwakhona ngoncedo lomyeni wakhe kunye nokuncipha kwakhe ukuze athathe isigqibo sokuya esidlangalaleni ngezityholo zakhe ngoyise, kunye nokuthethathethana nomgodi weendaba weendaba ohamba nayo.
Into ecacileyo kukuba uJessica Hendra woyisa imiqobo enzima ukufumana ubomi obuqhelekileyo; into engacacanga ncam yile yokuba ukuyenza ngendlela enje kawonke-wonke kuya kumzisela uhlobo lokukhululeka ngokweemvakalelo ngokwenene alandelayo.
USheelah Kolhatkar yintatheli e Umjongi .
