Hope
Pages: 336
Edition: Hardcover
List Price: $28.95
Publisher: Viking
ISBN: 9780525427650
First entered: 2nd, May 2015
Number of weeks: 4
Book Summary
The #1 New York Times Bestseller
A bestselling book that is inspiring the nation: “We have written here about terrible things that we never wanted to think about again . . . Now we want the world to know: we survived, we are free, we love life.”
Two women kidnapped by infamous Cleveland school-bus driver Ariel Castro share the stories of their abductions, captivity, and dramatic escape
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, and Pulitzer Prize–winning Washington Post 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.
Authors
Name: Amanda Berry
Born: Apr, 1986
About the author:
Amanda Berry is a Cleveland, Ohio woman who was held captive for 10 years along with two other women. In May, 2013 she escaped with her six-year-old daughter with the help of neighbors.
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Name: Gina DeJesus
Hometown: Cleveland, Ohio
Born: Apr, 1990
About the author:
At age 14 Gina DeJesus was kidnapped in Cleveland, Ohio and held for over nine years. She was freed in 2013.
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Name: Mary Jordan
Name: Kevin Sullivan
About the author:
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