{"product_id":"9781776193523","title":"Quiet Time With The President","description":"\u003cp\u003eAfter many years of serving the country and doing his part to help rebuild South Africa, Dr Peter Friedland was given an opportunity to serve as a member of Nelson Mandela’s medical team and helped to monitor his hearing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOver the years they built a rapport and their conversations regularly veered towards politics. Mandela often gave Peter perspective and would push him to examine his reasons for supporting specific causes and holding particular views.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs an ENT specialist, Peter regularly treated victims of violent crime.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe also lost colleagues and friends to hijackings and other crimes. But when his daughters were exposed to a robbery, he had to make a lifechanging decision.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book examines the powerful forces that push people away from South Africa and those that pull them back in. It is never as simple as merely staying or going – it is an emotional tug of war that continues until something snaps.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThrough many conversations had with Mandela and lessons he learnt from his life, Peter worked through some of his PTSD, his fears and the deep sense of hopelessness he felt as he came to terms with his decision to emigrate to Australia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis story beautifully captures the tension between an uncertain future that is out of your control and the fear that you might not survive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"JONATHAN BALL","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42092158713971,"sku":"9781776193523","price":250.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2291\/7991\/files\/Quiet_Time_With_The_President_Cover.jpg?v=1721818056","url":"https:\/\/www.readerswarehouse.shop\/de\/products\/9781776193523","provider":"Readers Warehouse","version":"1.0","type":"link"}