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I was fortunate to meet Alex Boraine and his wife Jenny shortly after he entered Parliament in 1974.  A child of the Great Depression, Alex rose from lowly beginnings in a working-class family to become head of the Methodist Church, an MP for the oppositional Progressive Federal Party and deputy chairperson of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. In this candid memoir, Alex deals with the sacrifices made by Jenny and  his family, his battle against cancer, and the challenges, hopes and achievements of South Africa as well as other countries in transition from dictatorship to democracy.

I really enjoyed this book which is a window into not only a great South African but the workings of politics in South Africa before and after 1994.