Nobel Peace Prize winner and global education activist Malala Yousafzai is set to release her most intimate work yet. Titled Finding My Way, the memoir is scheduled to hit shelves in October and promises to offer a raw, candid glimpse into her personal life—far beyond the headlines that made her a household name.

Taking to Instagram to share the news, Malala described the upcoming book as her “most personal” writing to date. “It’s messy, honest, and sometimes painfully funny,” she wrote. “This book is about friendship, first love, mental health, and figuring out how to be yourself in a world that keeps trying to define you.”

While Malala became globally recognized at just 15 years old after surviving a brutal assassination attempt by the Taliban, she notes that most people only know part of her story. “This is not the version you’ve seen in the news,” she said. “This is the story I’ve been waiting to tell.”

Since that life-altering moment in 2012, Malala has used her platform to become a tireless advocate for girls’ education. Her activism spans continents and cultures, focused on the staggering 122 million girls who remain out of school. “Every day, I fight for their right to learn,” she recently affirmed in a social media post.

Finding My Way goes beyond political advocacy to explore the inner world of a young woman shaped by conflict, culture, and an unshakable commitment to justice. It charts her emotional journey through adolescence, fame, trauma, and healing—while staying rooted in her ongoing mission.

Malala has long spoken about how her advocacy began with her own defiance against the Taliban’s attempts to ban girls from schools in Pakistan’s Swat Valley. But she’s also quick to highlight that this is not just her story—it’s part of a much larger global crisis.

She continues to draw attention to countries like Afghanistan, where the Taliban’s return to power in 2021 has led to a total ban on education for girls and women. The United Nations has condemned the situation as “gender apartheid.”

As anticipation builds for Finding My Way, readers can expect more than just a memoir—it’s a reflection of identity, resistance, and what it means to grow up in the spotlight while never losing sight of a cause that still desperately needs attention.