Tonya Mosley

I think your father said only a completely non-functioning person needs a therapist.

So there was a lot that you needed to get over to actually seek one.

Let's talk about love.

You write that you'd convinced yourself you'd never date, you'd never marry, that you'd be like a quote, like a nun but Muslim.

Once you got past yourself and you and your now husband, Aser, fell madly in love, which folks can read all about it in this book.

But you were resistant to marriage for a long time.

Why were you against marriage?

Yes, you read a lot of books about feminism and marriage.

Well, you made this list of questions for him before you marry him.

I mean, you asked him about fidelity, about whether he'd control what you wear, whether he'd take another wife.

These were real considerations that you had to know.

You were trying to extract guarantees, though.

And he tried to give them to you, but then he said something to you that was really kind of profound.

He said, there are no magic words to take away all of your doubts.

Why was that the right answer for you to kind of come to the realization that this was the step that you should take?

My guest today is Malala Yousafzai.

We're talking about her new memoir, Finding My Way.

We'll be right back after a short break.

I'm Tanya Mosley, and this is Fresh Air.

Malala, I want to talk to you a bit about your parents.