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"And to you, the reader: Thank you for wanting to know my story in my words. I am so grateful to be able to share it thus far."
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I just finished "Spare" by Price Harry and it may just be the best and most heartbreaking memoir I have ever read. He tells his story as the 'spare to the heir', starting at 12 when his beloved mother Princess Diana passed away, up until 2022. I started with the hardback book but then after a few chapters, I switched to the audiobook version from the library. I always recommend audiobooks of memoirs and autobiographies if they are read by the author. I think it makes it so much more personal and moving to hear their story in their voice. Harry is a great storyteller with a lot of emotion and blunt honesty. I teared up and gasped out loud during many of his stories. He truly is misunderstood and this book opened my eyes to what a thoughtful and genuine person he really is. I highly recommend reading "Spare".
⭐️ Did you know "Spare" broke the Guinness Record for the fastest-selling nonfiction book? It sold 1.4 million on its release day and has currently sold 3.4 million!
⭐️ Did you know "Spare" broke the Guinness Record for the fastest-selling nonfiction book? It sold 1.4 million on its release day and has currently sold 3.4 million!
I hadn’t intended to read this book. The overexposure of this story in the media really put me off the whole thing. Then I read an opinion piece in the Sydney Morning Herald by Julia Baird. She talked about how obvious it was to her that this was coming from deep trauma, that Harry was still that traumatised 12 year old boy who was being continually retraumatised throughout his life and for whom the media had become the enemy. This piqued my interest so I read it and I’m so glad I did. It really is shocking the way the media manipulates narratives to sell papers and I can understand why Harry’s mission in life would be to bring down that whole system that has affected him so deeply at every level - taking away his mother, career, privacy, dignity, security. I get it. I also thought it was smart to use the media to now divulge every detail for his own profit - there is nothing he hasn’t covered so there is nothing they can hold over his head, and the money goes to him not them. Smart. I also felt that reading this book and hearing his perspective when he had been silenced the majority of his life was the respect I wanted to pay to the son of Diana, who my grandmother loved and I did as a consequence. He will always be that little boy to me who walked behind her coffin. I am sad for what he has gone through with his dysfunctional family - I empathise - but also so happy for him that he has found a love that feels like home. My only criticism is that there were some details about his brother I thought were unnecessary to disclose. Also I was surprised how relatively well Charles came out in the wash.
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