A review by kim_al
Finding Freedom: Harry and Meghan and the Making of a Modern Royal Family by Omid Scobie, Carolyn Durand

4.0

Writing this review with hindsight of seeing Oprah interview.
How can this be written without the subjects involvement? With friends SO incensed and helpless to speak (instructed NOT to speak) against what was happening and happening to them. This book -- that People article and various tweets of testimony from various figures, large and small, from across Meghan's life -- all point to the frustration of being silenced in the face of witnessing massive abuse of a dear dear friend who is suffering greatly.
Meghan said she didn't read papers but her friends would call up and inform her in tears. This a highly detailed book but I do believe the Sussexes didn't cooperate with it. It's fairly obvious their friends were at the complete end of their rope watching a loved one slide into suicidal ideation behind a gilded cage. So, yes, they sang like a canary because she couldn't.
This is one of only two books (2: Meghan Misunderstood) that doesn't have a cynical and overly critical narrative about Meghan and Harry's story for quick money.
Some don't like the prose but it is, at the least, absolutely illuminating.