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Hope

Amanda Berry

2015321 pagesabout 5–7 hours
2015
first published
  • 2015Bantam Press · ENGISBN 9780593075142
  • 2015Penguin Books · ENGISBN 9780143108207
  • 2015Penguin Publishing Group · ENGISBN 9780525429906
  • 2015Viking · 321 pages · ENGISBN 9780525427650
  • 2015Transworld Publishers Limited · 336 pages · ENGISBN 9781473525283
  • 2015563 pages · ENGISBN 9781410478030
  • 2016Corgi Books · 448 pages · ENGISBN 9780552171601
  • 2015Books on TapeISBN 9781101914786

On May 6, 2013, Amanda Berry made headlines around the world when she fled a Cleveland home and called 911, saying: "Help me, I'm Amanda Berry... I've been kidnapped, and I've been missing for ten years." A horrifying story rapidly unfolded. Ariel Castro, a local school bus driver, had separately lured Berry, Gina DeJesus, and Michelle Knight to his home, where he kept them chained. In the decade that followed, the three were raped, psychologically abused, and threatened with death. Berry had a daughter -- Jocelyn -- by their captor. Drawing upon their recollections and the diary kept by Amanda Berry, Berry and Gina DeJesus describe a tale of unimaginable torment. Reporters Mary Jordan and Kevin Sullivan interweave the events within Castro's house with original reporting on efforts to find the missing girls. The full story behind the headlines -- including details never previously released on Castro's life and motivations -- *Hope* is a harrowing yet inspiring chronicle of two women whose courage, ingenuity, and resourcefulness ultimately delivered them back to their lives and families.

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