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Their son, Omar, gives a detailed account of his childhood, vying for his father’s love in a household of more than 20 brothers and sisters – and a youth spent learning desert survival skills and handling Kalashnikovs. Here we see Osama the authoritarian husband and stern father, the entrepreneur, and the leader of a complex terrorist network. Together, in gripping detail, mother and son reveal their life on the run – forced to flee from country to country in response to Osama’s increasingly militant activities – until their eventual escape from Afghanistan just before the tragic events of 9/11 that would change the world forever. Never before has Osama’s own family gone beyond the headlines to show us Osama the man. Now, with unprecedented access, and complete with exclusive family photographs, Jean Sasson, author of the bestselling “Princess: A True Story of Life Behind the Veil” in Saudi Arabia, takes us inside the secret world of Osama bin Laden.