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“Compellingly artful . . . [a] blockbuster memoir.”—The New Yorker (Best Books of the Year)
It was one of the most searing images of the twentieth century: two young boys, two princes, walking behind their mother’s coffin as the world watched in sorrow—and horror. As Princess Diana was laid to rest, billions wondered what Prince William and Prince Harry must be thinking and feeling—and how their lives would play out from that point on.
For Harry, this is that story at last.
Before losing his mother, twelve-year-old Prince Harry was known as the carefree one, the happy-go-lucky Spare to the more serious Heir. Grief changed everything. He struggled at school, struggled with anger, with loneliness—and, because he blamed the press for his mother’s death, he struggled to accept life in the spotlight.
At twenty-one, he joined the British Army. The discipline gave him structure, and two combat tours made him a hero at home. But he soon felt more lost than ever, suffering from post-traumatic stress and prone to crippling panic attacks. Above all, he couldn’t find true love.
Then he met Meghan. The world was swept away by the couple’s cinematic romance and rejoiced in their fairy-tale wedding. But from the beginning, Harry and Meghan were preyed upon by the press, subjected to waves of abuse, racism, and lies. Watching his wife suffer, their safety and mental health at risk, Harry saw no other way to prevent the tragedy of history repeating itself but to flee his mother country. Over the centuries, leaving the Royal Family was an act few had dared. The last to try, in fact, had been his mother. . . .
For the first time, Prince Harry tells his own story, chronicling his journey with raw, unflinching honesty. A landmark publication, Spare is full of insight, revelation, self-examination, and hard-won wisdom about the eternal power of love over grief.
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OverDrive Listen audiobook
- ISBN: 9780593675106
- File size: 450972 KB
- Duration: 15:39:31
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- English
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Starred review from April 1, 2023
When Princess Diana wanted to tell her side of history, she had to speak through Andrew Morton in Diana: Her True Story (1992). Thirty-one years later, her youngest son, Harry, is traveling the same path but courageously putting his name on the project (assisted by ghostwriter J.R. Moehringer). Even further, he reads the absolutely captivating 15.5-hour unabridged audiobook. Listeners are literally getting the inside scoop on the royal family as Prince Harry tells his story, in his own words and with his own voice. The narration perfectly matches the text, written with disarming candor and a sly sense of humor. Listeners can hear the smile in the prince's voice when he mutters asides. But when he's recounting the night his father woke him to tell him his mother had been killed in a car accident, the retelling is heartbreaking in its restraint. There are not a lot of vocal acrobatics--members of the royal family have been raised and trained to never show emotion in public. This eye-opening memoir is both historical and openheartedly personal. VERDICT An irresistible and supremely eloquent look inside the British royal family by the son who was forced to escape its stranglehold.--Kevin Howell
Copyright 2023 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.
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