Finding my way: my new favorite memoir
Boot title: Finding My Way: A Memoir Book author: Malala Yousafzai “No man can step in the same river twice, for it is not the same river and he is not the same man.” ― Heraclitus Malala is one year younger than me. I knew so little of her, apart from the news headline from 2012. Recently I saw her in a podcast of Trevor Noah, my impression was—she seems interesting. Then I found this beautiful paperback at a book cafe and decided to give it a shot. ‘Finding My Way’, seemed like a heartfelt conversation with a friend. Her memoir is about her days in Oxford, how college gave her a chance to feel normal like others, how she met her husband, her thoughts about marriage, her mental health journey, her longing to be understood by her mother. It's very honest writing. Malala was shot by the Taliban, but what is she most afraid of? Not to upset her mom by wearing clothes she actually wants to wear, LOL. We girls from this part of the world have to fight so many things to rise to a man’s s...
