Tracy Going introducing Brutal Legacy

Brutal Legacy: A Memoir

Wednesday 11^th April at Buitenverwachting

Guest Speaker: Tracy Going

Tracy Going will be introducing her Memoir Brutal Legacy at a luncheon at Buitenverwachting Restaurant.

When South Africa’s golden girl of broadcasting, Tracy Going’s battered face was splashed across the media back in the late 1990s, the nation was shocked. South Africans had become accustomed to seeing Going, glamorous and groomed on television or hearing her resonant voice on Radio Metro and Kaya FM. Sensational

Brilliantly penned, this highly skilled debut memoir is ultimately uplifting in the realisation that healing is a lengthy and often arduous process and that self-forgiveness and acceptance is essential in order to fully embrace life.

What had started off as a fairy-tale romance with a man who appeared to be everything that Going was looking for – charming, handsome and successful – had quickly descended into a violent, abusive relationship.

Tracy Going is an award-winning former TV and radio news anchor. She is best remembered for the

years spent waking South Africans on SABC 2’s Morning Live and as a prime-time news anchor for Radio Metro and Kaya FM. She has presented a variety of TV shows across the genres of news, business, women, lifestyle and technology. She has also written two successful children’s story-cookbooks, African Animals: Rhymes & Recipes and Awesome Animals: Rhymes & Recipes, which received the prestigious Best in South Africa Gourmand Cookbook Award, as well as the second position at the world Gourmand Cookbook Awards at The Paris Cookbook Fair in 2013. 

Edgar Osojnik's superb menu which includes Buitenverwachting's elegant wines.

Amuse Bouche

Feta –Vegetable Tian,

layered creamy feta, tomato, baby marrows, aubergine, roasted peppers,

garlic cream, rocket, pesto, balsamico – olive vinaigrette,

& pine kernel-parmesan shortbread

Main

Medley of Seafood

set in creamy Bisque, linguine, baby marrow, marinated fennel,

cucumber relish, dried tomatoes

or

Vegetarian

Indian Delights,

vegetable curry, aloo saag, biryani samosa, bhatura, felicity salad,

roti, aubergine pickle, lassi

Dessert

Raspberry Soufflé,

raspberries in jelly, sorbet, espuma, sauce, crispy sponge

Truffles and Filter Coffee or Tea

The price per ticket is R440 fully inclusive.   For more information or to book please telephone Sandy 021 685 8016 or email.sandybailey@telkomsa.net

Sisonke Msimang, author of Always Another Country had the following to say:

“Searing, heartbreaking, triumphant: Brutal Legacy is for anyone who’s been punched in the face by someone they loved and then stood up again. It’s for every mother who has run; every sister who has picked up the pieces and every friend who hasn’t fled. It’s for every brother who’s cried and for the children who have watched. Every South African should read it.”