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Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela
by Nelson Mandela
I'm not going to lie- there were parts of this that were not as captivating as I would have liked. But the less than riveting parts usually only lasted a couple of paragraphs at a time. I knew next to nothing about Nelson Mandela before reading this. I knew that he was a freedom fighter who spent decades in prison in South Africa and that my roommate had had an excellent quote of his taped to our bedroom wall for a while. There are so many adjectives to describe Mandela's attitude throughout this book- honesty, gratitude, optimism, fortitude, selflessness... I could go on and on. I had to turn this into the library for a month and then checked it out again to finish it. I had marked several passages the first time around and I wish I had had time to note them all. This is a book that, I think, would benefit everyone to read. Slow parts notwithstanding, the last chapter is so beautifully and thoughtfully written, a perfect summation, that it makes every previous page worth the read. 9/10.