ALONE BOOK SERIES

When asked why the title ALONE? Lebo Pule’s response is this:

We are born alone, we have unique and alone experiences, our emotions, thoughts and actions can only be taken by us alone. No matter how many people we have around us, no matter how many love us, no one can truly feel what we feel, taste what we taste and experience what we experience. The title ALONE is not to encourage people to be loners, nor is it meant to scare you - The title is rather to get you to fully appreciate and own up to your life and honor your lived experiences. It is your life after all and only you ALONE can live it, experience it and shape it into whatever you want it to be.

Ultimately The ALONE series talks to taking responsibility and being accountable first to yourself and the to everyone around you not the other way round.

In May 2014 I launched the first debut book titled ALONE – Growing Up In Alexandra. It is a memoir where I narrate candidly about growing up in a township in the 80’s. I touch on many factors that are part and parcel of a township upbringing such as violence in the community, abuse of women and girl children. I further take you through some of my pivotal moments and personal struggles such as my complex relationship with her father, my teenage pregnancy, marrying young and divorcing young as well as my entrepreneurial journey and my first major failure in business.

In May 2019 I launched the second installment of the series - ALONE - From Hustling To Healing. Here I continue from where I left the first installment, although I focus predominately on the hardships of being an entrepreneur in South Africa. I spare no details, I let you into how it is like for to be an entrepreneur, I am shockingly graphic.

Timothy Maurice Webster who wrote the foreword to the book puts it this way

‘Lebo opens this book gently and adroitly placing you in the heart of her hustle as she pursues successful entrepreneurship.  The book reads with so much empathy you can easily forget that Lebo is a cunning wiz at sales and strategy.  With her heart and hustle worn on her sleeve she invokes your emotions in a way that you won’t be able to put the book down.  You’ll cheer for Lebo and cry for yourself if entrepreneurship is your goal.  She doesn’t hold back and if you’re Black she will trigger you, but you’ll recognize this is not for shock value, it’s her remaining committed to her values of integrity- dedicated to the truth.’