Mandela's granddaughter bares her past in book

November 12, 2013 22:13

Nelson Mandela's family is no stranger to the public eye, its successes and trials have been aired for decades in films, books and the news media. Granddaughter Zoleka Mandela's story, perhaps, is the one that no one saw coming.

The 33-year-old launched a book in South Africa today, "When Hope Whispers," that recounts her family's involvement in the fight against South Africa's white minority regime, her struggles with alcohol and drug addiction, the loss of two of her children and her fight against breast cancer.

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