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Once I Was a Princess

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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!

This book is excellent in everyway.
Very detailed. Finally after 14 years she got to meet her children, but she has still lost 14 years of their life. This gives courage to all mothers.
It is written in great detail and covers all aspects of Jacquelines Life.
This book is excellent in everyway. The details of the suffering and the introduction of the malaysian royal family is well described. This book relates and introduces each chapter and story well. There are many small stories broken up in this one big story about a father kidnapping his children and the consequences on the mother and how she builds herself to handle the situation. Also to see what the mother goes through afterwards and other peoples reaction towards her, her rejection and the effects on other relationships is reflected well and very saddening.

Very detailed. This gives courage to all mothers

Pascarl is one of the most articulate and witty authors whose books I've read. Her story is tragic, attention-grabbing, and poignant. She spends a lonely childhood with a mentally ill mother, bullying classmates, and a sexually abusive "stepfather" figure. It's both frustrating and heartbreaking to read of an insecure teenager desperately trying to create a "normal" family life through marriage, unable to see the warning signs in neon lights that the match would inevitably end in greater pain.

Upon finishing the book, one cannot help but wonder how the "epilogue" of the story turns out. Although very subtle, it is palable that the book is very much a one-sided autobiography. I watched an interview of Pascarl on Youtube where she insists there was no custody fight between her and her first ex-husband. But in the novel she details the legal battle that ends in her victory. Having contradicted herself over this matter, I wonder if there's other questionable details in the book.