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BOOK REVIEWS

SPARE FINDING ME

By Prince Harry By Viola Davis

It was one of the most searing “In my book, you will meet a little girl named
images of the 20 century: two Viola who ran from her past until she made a
th
young boys, two princes, walking life-changing decision to stop running forever.
behind their mother’s coffin as the This is my story, from a crumbling apartment
world watched in sorrow – and in Central Falls, Rhode Island, to the stage in
horror. As Diana, Princess of Wales, New York City, and beyond. This is the path I
was laid to rest, billions wondered took to finding my purpose and my strength,
what the princes must be thinking but also to finding my voice in a world that
and feeling and how their lives didn’t always see me.
would play out from that point on.
“As I wrote Finding Me, my eyes were open
For Harry, this is that story at last. to the truth of how our stories are often not
With its raw, unflinching honesty, given close examination. They are bogarted,
Spare is a landmark publication reinvented to fit into a crazy, competitive,
full of insight, revelation, self- judgmental world. So, I wrote this for anyone
examination, and hard-won who is searching for a way to understand and
wisdom about the eternal power of overcome a complicated past, let go of shame,
love over grief. Prince Harry wishes to support British charities with donations from his and find acceptance.
proceeds from Spare.
“For anyone who needs reminding that a life
Price: R559.00 worth living can only be born from radical
honesty and the courage to shed façades and
THE PSYCHOLOGY OF MONEY be ... you. Finding Me is a deep reflection
on my past and a promise for my future. My
By Morgan Housel hope is that my story will inspire you to light
up your own life with creative expression and
Doing well with money isn’t necessarily rediscover who you were before the world put
about what you know. It’s about how a label on you.”- Viola Davis
you behave. And behaviour is hard to
teach, even to really smart people. Price: R365.00
Money – investing, personal finance,
and business decisions – is typically
taught as a math-based field, where
data and formulas tell us exactly what
to do.

But in the real-world people don’t
make financial decisions on a
spreadsheet. They make them at the
dinner table, or in a meeting room,
where personal history, your own
unique view of the world, ego, pride,
marketing and odd incentives are
scrambled together.

In The Psychology of Money, award-
winning author Morgan Housel shares
19 short stories exploring the strange ways people think about money and teaches you
how to make better sense of one of life’s most important topics.

Price: R409.00

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