'Thank God I'm not dead': Malala's first thought after attack

“All sorts of questions flew through my waking brain: where was I? Who had brought me there? Where were my parents?  Was my father alive? I was terrified. The only thing I knew was that Allah had blessed me with a new life,” Malala is quoted as saying in the book by the paper.  

Malala also gives an account of the deadly Taliban attack which was narrated to her by friends who witnessed the attack.  

Describing the attack, Malala writes in the book that “a young bearded man stepped into the road and waved the van down. As he was speaking to the driver another young man approached the back.