Jacqueline Pascarl Pořadí knih

Dne 9. července 1992 mluvila Jacqueline se svými dětmi naposledy. Její sedmiletá dcera Shahirah a devítiletý syn Iddin ji prosili, aby je nebrala k otci na domluvenou návštěvu. Jacqueline se však snažila být spravedlivá a dodržet dohodu s manželem, i když dobře znala jeho pravou povahu. Bahrin, pocházející z malajsijské královské rodiny, se na začátku jevil jako pozorný a milující partner, ale po návratu do Malajsie se z něj stal násilník a tyran. Jacqueline musela snášet psychický a fyzický teror, což ji přivedlo k rozhodnutí požádat o rozvod a vrátit se s dětmi do Austrálie. Její manžel však nehodlal situaci nechat jen tak a po nezdařené návštěvě dětí se Jacqueline pustila do zoufalého boje. S odhodláním organizovala tiskové konference, shromažďovala petice a kontaktovala média, aby získala podporu pro mezinárodní výzvy v boji o své děti. Její snahy však byly marné a Jacqueline se ocitla na pokraji beznaděje a sebevraždy. Z jejího utrpení se však zrodila touha pomáhat ostatním, kteří prožívají podobnou bolest. Po čtrnácti letech se jí nakonec podařilo znovu setkat se svými dětmi.

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 - ending in the kidnapping of her two small children by her former husband, who spirited them back to Malaysia. In "Since I Was a Princess", Pascarl peels back the layers of her life after the abduction. She tells how she channelled her grief, forging 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, championing the cause of other parents whose children had been kidnapped and reuniting scores of families. 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.

Podtitul: Osud ženy, která zaplatila krutou daň Autobiografie Australanky provdané za příslušníka malajsijské královské rodiny, které byly po několikaletém manželství uneseny její dvě malé děti poté, co požádala o rozvod v důsledku manželova týrání.

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 by their own father? This is what happened to Jacqueline Pascarl.In Once I Was a Princess , Jacqueline recounts her part in this controversial, headline-grabbing international drama with heart-rending honesty.