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Malala Yousafzai, the Nobel Peace Prize-winning girls' education advocate, has a new memoir out, Finding My Way

The book details how she has come of age on the world stage, including going to college and getting married

"I think the most important thing for me is that it is the true reflection of how I feel and what my thoughts are," she tells PEOPLE of her writing process

As she worked on her new memoir, Malala Yousafzai was ready for some of those closest to her to want to weigh in.

What mattered to the celebrated young activist was how she felt, though.

"I knew that my parents would have a lot of opinions on what I shared, maybe my mom, because she might be mad at me for opening up a bit," Yousafzai, 28, tells PEOPLE. "But I think the most important thing for me

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