The final part of the book describes Malala's life from the moment she regained consciousness in a British hospital, where she had been flown for specialist treatment, with the thought: “Thank God I'm not dead.”
She undergoes intense pain and multiple surgeries. In the hospital, Malala asks why her abdomen appears hard and swollen.
It is the top of her skull, removed to alleviate pressure and stored there until it could be reattached.
There are other striking, surprising details. Malaala's favorite actress is Angelina Jolie.
She loves the TV show “Ugly Betty,” whose central character works at a fashion magazine; Malala dreams “of one day going to New York and working on a magazine like her.”