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03609aam a2200397 i 4500 001 7860FE48DDAE11EDB031D5162DECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230418010100 008 210621t20212021sa af 000 0aeng 020 $a 1990901212 020 $a 9781990901218 035 $a (OCoLC)1257240121 040 $a X$@ $b eng $e rda $c X$@ $d X$@ $d OCLCQ $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d TWU $d CQ$ $d Y@Z $d GZM $d IaU $d SILO 043 $a f-sa--- 050 4 $a DT1949.S26 $b A3 2022 100 1 $a Samuels, Ronald, $e author. 245 14 $a The bitter olive / $c Ronald Samuels. 264 1 $a [South Africa] : $b Ssali Publishing House, $c [2021] 300 $a 147 pages, 7 unnumbered pages of plates : $b illustrations (chiefly color); $c 23 cm 505 0 $a My beginnings as my mom tells it -- An idyllic childhood -- A family torn asunder -- Am I white, am I not? -- The end of my childhood -- Life in the Cape flats -- The teen years -- Romantic love: a new notion -- Classified, declassified and reclassified -- Human with no human rights -- 1994 and changing of the guard -- The emotive land question -- A fierce love for family -- Now that I had wings -- A future awaits. 520 $a "South Africa 1978. It is a time when draconian laws and deep-seated prejudice care little for the love and ties of family. When the colour of your skin determines where you live, who you marry and even where you sit on the bus. This is one man's story of a childhood that ended abruptly at the age of nine, when despite every kind of intervention, he is transplanted from his idyllic middle-class upbringing in leafy Pretoria, to the alien surroundings of the Cape Flats. Forced to leave his devasted parents, siblings, grandparents and the only life he has ever known, Ronald Samuels is adopted by a coloured family, and so begins a new chapter, one in which he will need all his stamina, resilience and grit.But as we know, it is not what is on the outside that matters. Ronald finds his inner strength and despite the odds, discovers his purpose - finding friendship and even love in his new surroundings. Reconnecting with his family and achieving in the army give him the leverage he needs to build an exceptional career.The purchase of a guest house situated on an olive farm in the Karoo presents Ronald with an intriguing metaphor for his life story. The first fruit of an olive tree is essentially inedible, its bitterness an effective defense mechanism. However, once the olives are cured and treated not only do they become palatable, they are considered a delicacy.So too the child plucked from his home, who could have succumbed to bitterness and lawlessness, but instead, through the support, discipline and encouragement of others and an innate determination, became a significant contributor to society and an inspiration to those who have suffered the same unpardonable injustice wrought by the Apartheid system."--Back cover. 600 10 $a Samuels, Ronald. 650 0 $a Men $z South Africa $v Biography. 650 0 $a Adopted children $z South Africa $v Biography. 650 7 $a Adopted children. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00797050 650 7 $a Men. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01015978 651 7 $a South Africa. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204616 655 2 $a Autobiography $0 (DNLM)D020493 655 2 $a Biography $0 (DNLM)D019215 655 7 $a Autobiographies. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919894 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919896 655 7 $a Autobiographies. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 lcgft 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231117025810.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=7860FE48DDAE11EDB031D5162DECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search