Nelson Mandela's new memoir releases tuesday worldwide

JOHANNESBURG (AP) -- Nelson Mandela failing classes, fussing over his children, fighting with his wife.

This is not the anti-apartheid icon of "Long Walk to Freedom," Mandela's 1995 autobiography.  "Conversations with Myself," which goes on sale Tuesday in 22 countries and 20 languages from Catalan to Turkish, presents a more human Mandela, faults, frailties and all.

"Conversations" was compiled with the 92-year-old former South African president's blessing by a team of archivists, editors and collaborators who worked from decades of notes, letters, recorded conversations and other material.

In a foreword, U.S. President Barack Obama writes that Mandela, who largely retired from public life in 2004, is inspiring even if he is no saint.