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Journey of a Muizenberg Boy
By Barry John Cohen
Life has a way of directing you towards your passion.
A memoir of doubt, courage and passion, following a working life across music, theatre, business, politics and sport.
Independently Published25 March 2024283 pagesEnglish
The story
Inside Journey of a Muizenberg Boy.
- Memoir
- Business
- Sport
Life has a way of directing you towards your passion, and if you listen to your inner voice, you can reach for the stars.
This is the story of how Barry ignored his passion because he doubted his ability and followed the crowd. He had to find courage, ignore the naysayers, learn many lessons, absorb pain, and become himself.
The story follows his experiences across music, theatre, business, politics and sport, as well as his professional journey.
Themes & reading experience
What the book is about, beneath the plot.
Drawn from the book itself, not from marketing copy.
01
Self-doubt
A passion set aside because he doubted his own ability.
02
Courage
Finding the nerve to ignore the naysayers and change direction.
03
Working life
Music, theatre, business, politics and sport, alongside a professional career.
04
Becoming yourself
Lessons absorbed, pain included, on the way to his own voice.
The reading experience
A first-hand account of a working life that moved between publishing, music, business, politics and sport.
The memoir is candid about doubt and about following the crowd rather than an instinct.
Readers who like career memoirs written without self-mythology will recognise the tone.
Shelves this title sits on
- Memoir
- Business and career stories
- Music and theatre
- Sport
- South African life writing
Book details
The publication record.
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- Title
- Journey of a Muizenberg Boy
- Author
- Barry John Cohen
- Publisher
- Independently Published
- Publication date
- 25 March 2024
- Language
- English
- Print length
- 283 pages
- ASIN
- B0CYZT18S4
- Genre
- Memoir
- Availability
- Available now as a Kindle edition
Formats
- Kindle edition283 pages
- Additional formatsFurther editions to be confirmed
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