Growing up without a father is a norm for millions of boys across the world. In South Africa in particular, it is somewhat entrenched in culture through the lasting effects of apartheid's racial segregation policies that led to migrant labour, forcing men to work far from home.

What are the implications of fatherlessness on the boy child? What are some of the issues that men grapple with as a result of being raised without a father?

Patrick Neo Mabiletsa shares his deeply moving account of what it was like to grow up without a father in his book "Chronicles of a Fatherless Son".

He masterfully weaves in a longing and desperation into his story and draws you into his experience as though you were there, next to him, as a child. Patrick’s is a story of hope and life beyond growing up without a father.

Patrick is also a life coach and motivational speaker in the are of encouragement, self-development and career guidance with a focus on young people.