Bless Me Father - Reviews:

“Bless Me Father is a journey that every South African should undertake. Its compelling intensity and honesty speaks to a simple desire for truth. How fortunate that we came to know each other as colleagues, I the truth commission investigator and he, the one who penned the line, truth, the road to reconciliation, which defined the commission’s meaning.

Mario d'Offizi's story is a colourful account of a life, threaded with the lives and experiences of many compositely drawn characters, all reflected with great generosity. This book is a truly compelling read that reveals disturbing personal events, while showing that the human spirit is irrepressible.”

Zenzile Khoisan - Journalist, author and Truth and Reconciliation Committee researcher.

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“Bless Me Father is a confessional journey from the diaspora of an apartheid childhood. Mario d’Offizi’s voice in the present and his venture into Africa echoes the effect of a fostered past recalled, cherished and betrayed.”

Ian Gabriel – Director, Forgiveness