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published
2006
by Miramax
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Hardcover, 256 pages
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1401352065
(isbn13: 9781401352066)
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Malika Oufkirs profound and heartbreaking memoir, Stolen Lives, a New York Times best seller, told of her familys twenty-year imprisonment in a Morocc...more
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Read in December, 2006
31 December 2006
Since late November, I had been working away at Malika Oufkir's Freedom: The Story of My Second Life, a brief but almost entirely unsatisfactory book. Perhaps I would have appreciated it more had I read her previous book about her family's twenty-year imprisonment by the Moroccan government, but she leaves out key details and a coherent timeline that would make the story complete. For instance, she begins with the adoption of her son and shares her concerns about whether she ...more
Since late November, I had been working away at Malika Oufkir's Freedom: The Story of My Second Life, a brief but almost entirely unsatisfactory book. Perhaps I would have appreciated it more had I read her previous book about her family's twenty-year imprisonment by the Moroccan government, but she leaves out key details and a coherent timeline that would make the story complete. For instance, she begins with the adoption of her son and shares her concerns about whether she ...more
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Read in November, 2007
This was a quick easy read, but very interesting. I love her first book Stolen Lives which was her autobiography of being imprisoned with her family. This book talks about how she coped with life after getting out of prison. The adjustments she had to try and live a normal life with her fears. She talks of her fear of men in uniform (police, military) and her adjustment to changes in technology and everyday living. My favorite story is of her in the bathroom of a nice restaurant and not being to...more
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Read in December, 2007
A follow up to her best-selling book Stolen Lives...Malika writes with dignity about the indignities of her life experiences. Coming out of prison, house arrest and under the constant watch of law enforcement, in this book she talks about how she deals with freedom. Something we all take for granted sometimes. Insightful, touching and inspiring.
I so enjoyed this book that I really need to pick up a copy of her first book!!!
I so enjoyed this book that I really need to pick up a copy of her first book!!!
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Read in October, 2008
I liked knowing how Malika Oufkir moved on with her life. After I read Stolen Lives, her memoir of being imprisoned in Morocco for 20 years, I was utterly moved by her story. Freedom is a follow-up book that details how she began her life over again. I liked knowing how Malika Oufkir moved on with her life, but it was not as compelling as her first memoir.
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Read in September, 2008
I couldn't even get through it, I read it for an hour and then starting just skimming....it was boring. I feel bad saying that because she has many emotional scars and her life will always be a struggle because of what happened to her but it isn't interesting enough for a novel, it should be a book on dealing with anxiety and I have already read one of those!!!
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Read in February, 2008
I didn't find it quite as compelling a read as
Stolen Lives but it was nice to see how Malika has adjusted to life “on the outside”.
Interesting to see how she reacts to the latest modern conveniences (ticket dispensers, hands-free faucets and soap dispensers, ATMs, grocery stores!).
Was glad to read that she’s finally found peace.
Stolen Lives but it was nice to see how Malika has adjusted to life “on the outside”.
Interesting to see how she reacts to the latest modern conveniences (ticket dispensers, hands-free faucets and soap dispensers, ATMs, grocery stores!).
Was glad to read that she’s finally found peace.
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Read in July, 2007
This book is not as exciting as Stolen Lives, but it is still very interesting. The author writes about her life in freedom, and the decade shock she is facing!
I enjoyed reading this book, and if you liked the first book, I think it's worth reading!
I enjoyed reading this book, and if you liked the first book, I think it's worth reading!
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Read in September, 2008
Not as inspiring as Stolen Lives. Sometimes the symbolisms she used didn't make sense to me - possibly lost in the translation. Some things she experiences after her imprisonment are still extremely fascinating to read about.
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Read in July, 2007
recommends it for:
Readers of Stolen Lives
Malika takes such seemingly common tasks and describles them as a prisoner trying to no longer behave like one. It makes me both thankful and ashamed. I love her account of going to saturday market and her habit of hoarding food.
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Read in January, 2007
recommends it for:
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What it would be like to return to society after 20 years and seeing the massive food and aboundance that we have that we take for granite and also coping with all the new technology that happened during those years.
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Read in October, 2008
I actually didn't finish this book. I really enjoyed her story in her first book, and wanted to know what happened after, but it just re-hashes everything from the first book. Not good.
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I thought the way in which this book was organized into short chapters was a good reflection of the way in which the author's life was after her 20 years spent inprisioned. A quick read.
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I really liked this book, but I can't recommend it without saying skip the chapter called "Love". I can never understand why people write graphically about something so personal. Sigh ...
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Read in January, 2006
Because I liked her first book soooo much I had to get this one. I liked it. It was like visiting a friend you hadnt seen in a while. But not nearly as good as the first one.
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Read in January, 2007
Thought this would be as good as the first one, but it wasn't! I ended up skipping some of the pages to get through it. Wasn't as compelling and interesting as I expected to be.
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Liked her first book much better. I found this one too self-absorbed and slow moving.
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This book was great, some really funny moments, but her first book was (naturally) the best.
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Read in January, 2007
recommends it for:
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Follow up to Stolen Lives; what life is like now that the family has been released from prison
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