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A stunning, heart-breaking yet defiant memoir by activist, model and social media sensation Shaneel Lal.. What would you do if you were told by the people you loved the most that the way you were born was evil and wrong?. For Shaneel Lal, this was their reality from the time they were five. Growing up in a tiny, traditional village in Fiji, Shaneel always knew they were different. Still, for the first years of their life, it was idyllic - playing dress-ups in saris with their sister, and hiding under their neighbor's house, playing games with dolls.. But from the time Shaneel started school, they faced condemnation from their family, and then 'therapy' from conservative elders in their village. The elders tried to 'free' Shaneel from the evil spirits they thought were making them queer.