Good Morning, Mr. Mandela

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A Memoir

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A Memoir

“In Good Morning, Mr. Mandela, Zelda la Grange recounts her remarkable life at the right hand of the man we both knew and loved. It's a tribute to both of them—to Madiba's eye for talent and his capacity for trust and to Zelda's courage to take on a great challenge and her capacity for growth. This story proves the power of making politics personal and is an important reminder of the lessons Madiba taught us all.”
—President Bill Clinton
“President Nelson Mandela’s choice of the young Afrikaner typist Zelda la Grange as his most trusted aide embodied his commitment to reconciliation in South Africa. She repaid his trust with loyalty and integrity. I have the highest regard for her.”
—Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu
“Zelda la Grange has a singular perspective on Nelson Mandela, having served as his longtime personal aide, confidante 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.”
—Morgan Freeman and Lori McCreary, actor, producer of Invictus
A white Afrikaner, Zelda la Grange grew up in segregated South Africa, supporting the regime and the rules of apartheid. Her conservative family referred to the imprisoned Nelson Mandela as “a terrorist.” Yet just a few years after his release and the end of apartheid, she would be traveling the world by Mr. Mandela’s side, having grown to respect and cherish the man she would come to call "Khulu," or “grandfather."
Good Morning, Mr. Mandela tells the extraordinary story of how a young woman’s life, beliefs, prejudices—everything she once believed—were utterly transformed by the man she had been taught was the enemy. It is the incredible journey of an awkward, terrified young secretary in her twenties who rose from a job in a government typing pool to become one of the president’s most loyal and devoted associates. During his presidency she was one of his three private secretaries, and then became an aide-de-camp and spokesperson and managed his office in his retirement. Working and traveling by his side for almost two decades, La Grange found herself negotiating with celebrities and world leaders, all in the cause of supporting and caring for Mr. Mandela in his many roles.
Here La Grange pays tribute to Nelson Mandela as she knew him—a teacher who gave her the most valuable lessons of her life. The Mr. Mandela we meet in these pages is a man who refused to be defined by his past, who forgave and respected all, but who was also frank, teasing, and direct. As he renewed his country, he also freed La Grange from a closed world of fear and mistrust, giving her life true meaning. “I was fearful of so much twenty years ago—of life, of black people, of this black man and the future of South Africa—and I now was no longer persuaded or influenced by mainstream fears. He not only liberated the black man but the white man, too.”
This is a book about love and second chances that honors the lasting and inspiring gifts of one of the great men of our time. It offers a rare intimate portrait of Nelson Mandela and his remarkable life as well as moving proof of the power we all have to change.

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مغایرت عنوان کتاب با توضیحات و تصویر جلد
عدم رعایت حقوق نشر طبق قوانین جمهوری اسلامی ایران
محتوای مستهجن
توهین به قومیتها و محتوای نژادپرستی
توهین به اقیلیتهای مذهبی
اهانت به مقامات سیاسی و مذهبی
اشاعه ی کودک آزاری
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تاریخ انتشار

2014

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Zelda la Grange

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Penguin Publishing Group

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9780698185807

20,000 تومان

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July 15, 2014
A loving portrait of Nelson Mandela(1918-2013) by a devoted assistant.For 18 years, la Grange worked for NelsonMandela, rising from typist to private secretary and finally to manager and spokespersonfor his office. In this debut memoir, she recounts her stressful, demandingcareer as one of Mandela's closest aides. It was an unlikely position for awhite South African who was raised to hate and fear black people. "No person isborn a racist," she writes. "You become a racist by influences around you. AndI had become a racist by the time I was thirteen years old." Mandela, though,transformed her: He was a man, she attests, of unimpeachable integrity,humanity and kindness. Seeking no honors for himself, he worked tirelessly onissues of health, freedom and peace. In his 70s when she joined his staff, hetreated her like a cherished granddaughter; she called him Khulu, orgrandfather. The author chronicles Mandela's whirlwind travels to raise fundsfor his three foundations and to fulfill countless invitations. He had become,the author writes, "the savior of everything and everybody." In the course ofthose travels, la Grange met world leaders (the Clintons get special praise),movie stars (she was thrilled to meet Hugh Grant) and celebrity activists(Bono, for one, was much respected by Mandela). Part of her job was to protectMandela from an onslaught of people requesting his help and from the relentlessmedia. Although she writes that this is "not a tell-all book," nor "a book ofgreat political insights," the author does expose vicious conflicts withinMandela's family. Some relatives resented her and ordered her to stay out ofMandela's personal life, but she could not help but run to his side when he calledfor his "Zeldina." In this warm tribute, la Grangetestifies to Mandela's charm and charisma and the profound changes he effectedin her own life.

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