{"product_id":"black-mamba-under-my-bed-ruth-taylor-stott-9780620924955","title":"Black Mamba Under My Bed: Taylor-Made Adventures","description":"\u003cb\u003eFEELING TRAPPED OR BORED AFTER MONTHS OF LOCKDOWN?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Remember \u003ci\u003eRuth Taylor\u003c\/i\u003e who taught at TREVERTON, RUSTENBURG and PINEHURST? \u003cbr\u003eYou pleaded with her to share her life's adventures in a book. Now happily married, with 6 step children \u0026amp; 18 grandchildren, she still travels \u0026amp; lives life to the full.\u003cbr\u003e - Read about her early life in Sea Point, Simonstown and Rondebosch where her late father Noel Taylor became founder headmaster of Westerford, one of South Africa's top performing schools. \u003cbr\u003e- Share the miracle of baby Sammy, a diminutive Xhosa baby dying of malnutrition who survived because he was hidden by the Taylor family during the cruel Apartheid era. \u003cbr\u003e- Meet Ruth's eccentric fellow passengers as she leaves home at 19, and travels by train to Mooi River to become a founder teacher at Treverton in 1964. Re-kindle fond memories of dearly loved headmaster Dr Derek Hudson Reed and his pioneering staff. \u003cbr\u003e- Travel to the Holy Land where Ruth floats in the Dead Sea and flees amorous bogus guides. \u003cbr\u003e- Share joyous, nostalgic \u0026amp; heart stopping moments ...\u003cbr\u003eAn encounter with Neil Armstrong and his crew after their 1969 moon landing. A black bear smacks its lips outside her tent. A deadly mamba slithers from under her bed. Supper at Buckingham palace, works in a London supermarket and is asked to be stripper in a biscuit factory, acts as an impromptu bridesmaid, flees a tsunami threat, acts as a Kenyan undertaker, falls in love with Thailand and is overjoyed to become an Auntie!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ruth Taylor Stott\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0620924950\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780620924955\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ruth Stott\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/13\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 370\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.09lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.77d","brand":"Ruth Taylor Stott","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44127624036607,"sku":"9780620924955","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1568d420-2122-4147-85a1-96555c4296f8.jpg?v=1687454331","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/black-mamba-under-my-bed-ruth-taylor-stott-9780620924955","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}