| Author: | Reggie Karam | ISBN: | 9780620742344 |
| Publisher: | Reggie Karam | Publication: | February 9, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Smashwords Edition | Language: | English |
| Author: | Reggie Karam |
| ISBN: | 9780620742344 |
| Publisher: | Reggie Karam |
| Publication: | February 9, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Smashwords Edition |
| Language: | English |
This book tells the story of the author growing up in Mayfair, a tough cosmopolitan suburb, where Lebanese, Greeks, Italians, Portuguese, Jews, Indians, Coloureds, Blacks and of course Afrikaners, all mingled together to create the famous history and tremendous amount of character of the area. The book follows the author’s humble beginnings whereby being of Lebanese descent, his family struggled to be accepted as South Africans by a minority of Afrikaners in the harsh days of Apartheid. They survived with great honour and pride but personally, the psychological effects of power, violence and aggression during those times lived within the author. As a result, his life, after a solid foundation, spiralled out of control as time progressed ensuing in careless choices of being drawn back in the wrong direction.
This is a powerful and fascinating story; a true account of circumstances leading to drugs, violence and a highly publicised triple murder involving despair, faith, hope and courage, guilt and innocence.
“As a retired accountant, not an author or writer, I was nagged by my children who kept saying, ‘Dad, you have a story to tell so tell it.’ So I decided to tell my story. We all have a story to tell; this is mine.”
Author, Reggie Karam
This book tells the story of the author growing up in Mayfair, a tough cosmopolitan suburb, where Lebanese, Greeks, Italians, Portuguese, Jews, Indians, Coloureds, Blacks and of course Afrikaners, all mingled together to create the famous history and tremendous amount of character of the area. The book follows the author’s humble beginnings whereby being of Lebanese descent, his family struggled to be accepted as South Africans by a minority of Afrikaners in the harsh days of Apartheid. They survived with great honour and pride but personally, the psychological effects of power, violence and aggression during those times lived within the author. As a result, his life, after a solid foundation, spiralled out of control as time progressed ensuing in careless choices of being drawn back in the wrong direction.
This is a powerful and fascinating story; a true account of circumstances leading to drugs, violence and a highly publicised triple murder involving despair, faith, hope and courage, guilt and innocence.
“As a retired accountant, not an author or writer, I was nagged by my children who kept saying, ‘Dad, you have a story to tell so tell it.’ So I decided to tell my story. We all have a story to tell; this is mine.”
Author, Reggie Karam
