This is another book I've had on my "to read" list for yrs. I really enjoyed her first book "Stolen Lives" (kind of feel bad saying that considering what the book was about) and was curious what happened to her after she was freed. I finally got around to reading this one and got half way through and realized, even though the chapters were labeled differently, it basically said the same thing in each chapter/topic. At first I found it interesting, Malkia Oufkir's attempts to join the world in what we take for granted (such as, the faucet's that run by themselves and Oufkir on her hands and knee's in a public restroom looking for the special button to turn it on or when she used an ATM maching for the first time, etc....). It was also interesting her thoughts on "free" people, and how true her thoughts were, and how I hadn't even thought or realized the things we do. However, unless you are interested in reading how a person discovers modern day technology/life/etc... the chapters/stories run together.
Malika Oufkir has quite the story to share and I'm definitely grateful my story is not anything like her's. She is quite the trooper.
And one more thing, I really wish she shared more about what happened to her siblings. That is one of the reasons why I wanted to read this book, but I understand this was her story not their's...just curious how they turned out as well.