224pp., paperback, Jonathan Ball, Johannesburg, 2025
ISBN: 9781776194582
In her memoir Nozipho Tshabalala shares her experience of managing life as the “golden girl”. She describes how her mother's death made her re-evaluate her ideas of success and what it costs to achieve it, the emotional and physical challenges of infertility, and how surrendering control became a pathway to freedom. Now in her 40s, she has realised that what she needed to survive, may not be what she needs to thrive.
"Nozipho's story shows how all our experiences are rehearsals getting us ready for the big stages of life. It is a wonderful piece of work!" Dr Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, former Deputy President of South Africa
Nozipho Tshabalala is the CEO of The Conversation Strategists, leading transformative conversations that drive measurable impact and societal change. A facilitator for presidential and executive conversations, she has worked with the World Bank Group, UN agencies, governments, and global corporations. She has earned recognition as one of the Top 100 Most Influential Young Africans and Top 100 Most Influential South Africans.