The youngest Nobel prize laureate ever, at 17, and an active militant for girls´ right to education, Malala Yousafzai was a young girl when she survived, at 15, a Taliban assasination attempt. Turned into a human rights advocate and a sought after speaker, Malala is also trying to write her own personal story, as an adult in the making, from the classrooms of Oxford to her search for love and friendship.
Her latest memoir, Finding My Way is sharing details about her struggle with the strict learning schedule at Oxford, giving a meaning to her independence while struggling to satisfy the exigencies of her conservative family. Far from her parents, she may be ´high on independence´ but she is often caught in the suffocating net of family expectations and criticism. Every public apparition, approved by her or not, when she is displaying ideas or physical appearance not conform with the conservative upbringing of her family, she is criticised by family and trolled online.
She earned a celebrity status that, among other things, she is learning to cope with by comparing, learning, making mistakes, failing the essays´ deadlines. She is very honest with her doubts and insecurities, including when it came to marrying her husband Asser Malik.
I had access to the book in the audiobook format, read by the author, and was a great choice, as you can warmly be shared her emotions.
It is a lot to learn from this book both about Malala as about her trauma and daily life. This book adds so much content to the ´icon´ helping us to better understand her.
A recommended read if you are interested in Malala and her dreams, but also about women stories, in Pakistan and abroad.
Rating: 4 stars
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