SINCE I WAS A PRINCESS: THE FOURTEEN-YEAR FIGHT TO FIND MY CHILDREN

Book ID/图书代码： 08430007B10535

English Summary/英文概要： In "Once I Was a Princess", Jacqueline Pascarl related the gripping story of her abusive childhood and her subsequent teen marriage to a prince. What should have been a fairy tale with a happy ending deteriorated into a nightmare of deceit and betrayal.After she left the marriage,who returned with her two children to Australia.Seven years later,her husband abducted the children and took them back to Malaysia.Pascarl was not to see them for 14 years. She tells how she channelled her grief into an existence as an aid worker and humanitarian ambassador in war-torn countries and working with refugees and the dispossessed. She describes how she persuaded some of the world’s most influential figures to support her aid work and became a human rights activist on the international stage. And campaigning on behalf of abducted children worldwide,she built an international profile,while continuing to fight for her children’s return.Pascarl also explains how she lived frenetically as she painfully rebuilt her life and re-evaluated her relationships, grappling with the emotional complexities of a new pregnancy and beginning a second family. And she reveals for the first time the dramatic details of how, at last, she was able to be reunited with her long-lost children and make her family whole. Candid and compelling, "Since I Was a Princess" is an unforgettable ride through tragedy, loss and, finally, triumph.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： Jacqueline Pascarl在书中叙述了她自己阴霾的童年以及与Bahrin王子不幸的婚姻故事。原本应该是幸福美满的童话式结局却被欺骗和背叛演变成可怕的噩梦。在她结束那段婚姻之后，带着两个孩子重新回到了澳大利亚。但七年后，她的丈夫以绑架孩子的方式，把他们带回了马来西亚，在此之后长达十四年的时间里，Pascarl从未与她的孩子见过一面。她叙述了自己如何将悲痛的情绪化为力量，在战火连连的国家里，成为了一名援助义工和人道主义特使，帮助那些被剥削的难民们。书中还写道Pascarl是如何说服一些在世界上具有强大影响力的重要人物，让他们支持和关注她的工作，成为国际舞台上倡导人权的积极分子。在她坚持不懈争取自己孩子的同时，还作为全世界遭绑架儿童的代表人物，为他们伸张正义，并树立了她自己的国际形象。描述了Pascarl跌宕起伏的戏剧化人生，带着伤痕累累的心，重新开始构筑自己的新生活和审视自己的人际关系，努力克服因新生命的到来而产生的抑郁症，成立了第二个家庭。她还首次在书中透露了许多以前不为人知的生活秘密，以及最后如何与她失散已久的孩子再次团圆，并给他们一个完整的家庭。真实而又坎坷的现实叙述，使得读者对书中主人公悲惨、迷失以及最后团聚的各种场景久久不能忘怀。

Awards/获奖情况：Mainstream 2007 major title, righs sold: Germany, Brazil

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