Good Morning, Mr Mandela
Zelda la Grange
Good Morning, Mr Mandela
Zelda la Grange
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The author grew up in South Africa as a white Afrikaner who supported the rules of segregation. Yet just a few years after the end of Apartheid she would become a most trusted assistant to Nelson Mandela. In this book, she pays tribute to Nelson Mandela as she knew him - a teacher who gave her the most valuable lessons of her life.
Zelda la Grange has a singular perspective on Nelson Mandela, having served as his long-time personal aide, confidant and close friend. She is a dear friend to both of us and a touchstone to all of us who loved Madiba. Her story of their journey together demonstrates how a man who transformed an entire nation also had the power to transform the life of one extraordinary woman
Uplifting. . . generally charming, occasionally faintly indiscreet, but always reverent. Surely no one but Mandela - with the possible exception of the Duke of Edinburgh - could have got away with greeting the Queen with a cheery: "Oh Elizabeth, you've lost weight!"
A searingly honest, moving and entertaining account of her years orbiting President Nelson Mandela... Between the rich anecdotes of Madiba's numerous encounters with the world's powerful, wealthy and (in)famous - which she witnessed at close range - as well accounts of his personal quirks, virtues, foibles and torments, La Grange's book sets out her own journey from naïve, completely unaware, conservative white South African to more conscious human being
Compelling and ultimately heartbreaking ... her unguarded honesty allows her to tell a remarkable story
A delightful, delicious read packed with anecdotes
Zelda la Grange was brought up in the apartheid South Africa. Beginning as a secretary, she joined the first democratically elected President of South Africa as a Senior Ministerial Typist. She served Nelson Mandela over nineteen years, and was his Personal Assistant when he passed on in December 2013.
Zelda la Grange has a singular perspective on Nelson Mandela, having served as his long-time personal aide, confidant and close friend. She is a dear friend to both of us and a touchstone to all of us who loved Madiba. Her story of their journey together demonstrates how a man who transformed an entire nation also had the power to transform the life of one extraordinary woman
Uplifting. . . generally charming, occasionally faintly indiscreet, but always reverent. Surely no one but Mandela - with the possible exception of the Duke of Edinburgh - could have got away with greeting the Queen with a cheery: "Oh Elizabeth, you've lost weight!"
A searingly honest, moving and entertaining account of her years orbiting President Nelson Mandela... Between the rich anecdotes of Madiba's numerous encounters with the world's powerful, wealthy and (in)famous - which she witnessed at close range - as well accounts of his personal quirks, virtues, foibles and torments, La Grange's book sets out her own journey from naïve, completely unaware, conservative white South African to more conscious human being
Compelling and ultimately heartbreaking ... her unguarded honesty allows her to tell a remarkable story
A delightful, delicious read packed with anecdotes
Zelda la Grange was brought up in the apartheid South Africa. Beginning as a secretary, she joined the first democratically elected President of South Africa as a Senior Ministerial Typist. She served Nelson Mandela over nineteen years, and was his Personal Assistant when he passed on in December 2013.