Finding My Way

A remarkably intimate and insistently human chronicle of a moral authority’s coming of age * NEW YORK TIMES * Finding My Way picks up the story of [Malala’s] life as she navigates young adulthood … [it sees her] wresting back the story of her own life - rejecting the constrictions and contradictions of a sheltered childhood and sudden fame * GUARDIAN *Think you know Malala? Think again. With razor-sharp wit and startling vulnerability, she recounts her fumbling adolescent friendships, her rowdy college days (yes, really!), and her early attempts at flirting - with a security detail in tow … [A] messy, endearingly awkward and disarmingly relatable coming-of-age … This is Malala unfiltered, and she makes courage feel like something we can all reach for * OPRAH DAILY *Honest, personal and so moving * SUN *Whether you’re curious to know more about Malala’s life or just adore a coming-of-age narrative, you should add Finding My Way to your autumn reading list * PRESS ASSOCIATION *Like countless teenage girls before her, Yousafzai arrived at Oxford University eager to taste the heady freedoms of higher education: making out with boys, dancing all night, wearing skinny jeans. Unlike most of them, she had a Nobel Prize, ongoing death threats and a whole world watching … In dismantling a sainted image no actual human could live up to, the Pakistan-born laureate finds a dynamic and surprising new voice * NEW YORK TIMES *Reveals the person beyond the symbol * NPR *Part coming-of-age memoir, part reclamation, [Finding My Way is] a portrait of a woman who has learned that courage isn’t just about defying extremists, but also about allowing yourself to be ordinary * MARIE CLAIRE *A coming-of-age tale as relatable as it is extraordinary * W MAGAZINE *Vulnerable, funny, and deeply touching * BOOKMARKED BY REESE’S BOOK CLUB *Her honesty reveals a side rarely seen, that even those who inspire millions still wrestle with doubt and self-acceptance. Malala reminds us that strength and softness can coexist, that healing is never linear and that every person has the power to turn pain into purpose * ON PURPOSE WITH JAY SHETTY *

Malala Yousafzai is an education activist, the youngest-ever Nobel laureate, a best-selling author and award-winning film producer. She was born in Mingora, Pakistan and graduated from Oxford University in 2020.