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Once I Was a Princess
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Can you imagine what it would be like to be swept off your feet by a royal prince to live a charmed life in the marble palaces of an oil-rich nation - and then to watch your fairy-tale romance turn into a nightmare of Islamic superstition, isolation, betrayal and abuse? What would you do if you managed to escape your life of torment - and then your children were kidnapped
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October 21st 1999
by Mainstream Publishing
(first published 1995)
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Dec 17, 2019
Diane in Australia
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4 Stars = Outstanding. It definitely held my interest.
Jul 29, 2018
Lucrezia Monti
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Il più bello dei sogni che si trasforma nel più atroce degli incubi.
Jacqueline ha, sì, sposato un principe bello, ricco ed affascinante, ma, al contrario di ciò che avviene nelle favole, questo non ha segnato per lei l'inizio di una vita in cui tutti vissero felici e contenti. Divenuta principessa, Jacqueline viene privata del suo nome, della sua identità, delle sue libertà e diventa "del" marito, esattamente come una qualunque proprietà.
Una storia drammatica che dimostra come la realtà possa di ...more
Jacqueline ha, sì, sposato un principe bello, ricco ed affascinante, ma, al contrario di ciò che avviene nelle favole, questo non ha segnato per lei l'inizio di una vita in cui tutti vissero felici e contenti. Divenuta principessa, Jacqueline viene privata del suo nome, della sua identità, delle sue libertà e diventa "del" marito, esattamente come una qualunque proprietà.
Una storia drammatica che dimostra come la realtà possa di ...more
I was given a copy of this book from a lady whose static caravan we nearly bought in 2008/9 Not something I would normally read but I had nothing else at the time so thought it was worth a go. VERY good. VERY moving & boy do you need some tissues. After I read it all I wanted to do was go help! Shocking to know its real.
Jul 06, 2008
teachie Bromwich
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it was amazing
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anyone.
My daughter is in Australia and I visit her every two years with a stopover in Malaysia going and coming back and have done this for the past 12 years. So I was interested to read this book to see what life was like as a member of their royal family.
The Royal family are certainly revered there and there are posters/pictures of them all over. It is a poor country and there are ceratinly wide divisions between the poor and the well off and it is obvious that tourists are treated differently. ...more
The Royal family are certainly revered there and there are posters/pictures of them all over. It is a poor country and there are ceratinly wide divisions between the poor and the well off and it is obvious that tourists are treated differently. ...more
WOW! This is one amazing true life story!
Jacqueline takes you through her childhood full of abuse, into her teen years of peace, and then into a nightmare marriage to a Malaysian prince who abused her both physically and mentally.
There is so much to this book that I could go on and on and on... All I can say is this is not a book to passed by if you like to read good books!
Jacqueline also has a youtube page where she posted an interview about the book!
Jacqueline takes you through her childhood full of abuse, into her teen years of peace, and then into a nightmare marriage to a Malaysian prince who abused her both physically and mentally.
There is so much to this book that I could go on and on and on... All I can say is this is not a book to passed by if you like to read good books!
Jacqueline also has a youtube page where she posted an interview about the book!
O poveste de viata, cosmarul unei mame, o lume necunoscuta multora dintre noi.
"Candva am fost printesa" este povestea adevarata a Jacquelinei Pascarl, o tanara din Australia . Avand o copilarie nefericita, fiind crescuta de o mama autoritara, indiferenta si cu probleme pshicie, Jacqueine se indragosteste la 17 ani de pun print malaysian, Bahrain, si orbita fiind de iubire, decide sa se casatoreasaca cu acesta si sa se mute in Malaysia. In noua ei tara si in noul ei camin, ii este foarte greu sa ...more
"Candva am fost printesa" este povestea adevarata a Jacquelinei Pascarl, o tanara din Australia . Avand o copilarie nefericita, fiind crescuta de o mama autoritara, indiferenta si cu probleme pshicie, Jacqueine se indragosteste la 17 ani de pun print malaysian, Bahrain, si orbita fiind de iubire, decide sa se casatoreasaca cu acesta si sa se mute in Malaysia. In noua ei tara si in noul ei camin, ii este foarte greu sa ...more
This is the true story of Jacqueline Pascarl-Gillespie. She did not have a happy childhood and was neglected and abused. When a Malaysian prince (who was studying in Australia) swept her off her feet and subsequently married her in 1981, Jacqueline thought she was living her dream. It quickly turned into a nightmare as Bahrin physically and mentally abused her once they got back to Malaysia. Two children were born, Iddin in 1983 and Shahirah in 1986.
Jacqueline managed to get back to Australia ...more
Jacqueline managed to get back to Australia ...more
This is a very moving drama of the true story of a young Australian student who marries a Malaysian student whom is also a member of Malaysian royalty. Following their divorce, he is allowed overnight access in Melbourne with their two children - he abducts them which due to red tape is not immediately known and due largely to political reasons, he is not seized in Indonesia and he arrives back in Malaysia with them where because of Islamic law, his royal status, political considerations and
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This book overall is very well-written. I couldn't put it down until the children were kidnapped by their father. Once they are taken, the book becomes extremely laborious to read. Though we understand the suffering of the loss of two children (although they hadn't technically died), the book takes a monotonous turn. It would have been better if a few pages were devoted to discussing the extreme loss and a few pages devoted to the politics of trying to get them back. Instead, the book took a
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This is truly a touching story of love and courage, strenght and pain that truly shows a mother's love for her children, it grips at your heart and you feel all the pain she felt, will keep you on the edge of your seat,for all she has been through I salute her and I hope one day she will be reunited with her kids, I really do hope so.
Read this book! This is a fantastic book that captures the dream turned nightmare experience of the author and the kidnapping of her two children by their father, played out in the backdrop of Malaysian royalty and Islamic teachings. This tells the story of one woman's journey of courage and strength against the greatest adversity in the world, the loss of ones children.
Fascinating and sad, but there is a happy ending as Pascarl was recently reunited with her children.
Especially interesting as an insight into the luxurious boredom and confinement in the closed off lives of wealthy muslim women or indeed of any royalty, especially of the past. The media don't come well out of this.
Especially interesting as an insight into the luxurious boredom and confinement in the closed off lives of wealthy muslim women or indeed of any royalty, especially of the past. The media don't come well out of this.
I read this book almost 11 years ago when I was in Primary school and Ihad completely forgotten the title but the main details were still deeply imbedded in my memory. I google searched several times until I typed "Australian woman abused by Malaysian prince custody". Thank you google.. now re-reading!!!
One of the genre of books written by women-who-married-men-from-another-culture, things-were-great-initially, but-then-went-horribly-wrong. Another view of Malaysia, (Trengganu, anyway) from that usually seen.
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