The Years Before 18

What does it mean to grow up before you're eighteen?

In The Years Before 18, Zulaykha reflects on the strange, funny, complicated and sometimes painful business of growing up. Through personal experiences, unexpected lessons, ambition, loss and the absurdity of being young, she tells the story of the years that shaped her before adulthood.

Honest, observant and occasionally hilarious, this memoir is a reflection on becoming a person while still figuring out who that person is.