I Am Malala
Malala Yousafzai, 2013
Memoir & biography Politics & societyContemporary fiction
A Nobel laureate's memoir of a Swat Valley childhood, a father's school, and the price of speaking up for girls' education.
Feels like hope and curiosity. About power, identity and family.
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The kind of power that never gets called power.
Our men think earning money and ordering around others is where power lies. They don’t think power is in the hands of the woman who takes care of everyone all day long, and gives birth to their children. Malala Yousafzai.The memoir was co-written with British war correspondent Christina Lamb, who helped shape Malala's spoken recollections into a book.
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- Feels like hope and curiosity. About power, identity and family.
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