Hope: A Memoir of Survival in Cleveland

by Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus, Mary Jordan, et al.

Book Overview

The #1 New York Times Bestseller

A bestselling book that inspired 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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0143108204
• ISBN13: 9780143108207
• Release Date: April 2016
• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

Great Read...but

I know I will catch hell for this the book I couldn't stop reading but I gotta say, have you heard of a.prison shank? In 10 years all one of them had to do was wait til he was sleeping next to them and shank him in the jugular, prove me wrong

Tore me apart and put me back together

Not only could I not put this book down, but the pages tore me apart and sewed me together again; all with their words.

This extraordinary tale of courage hope and survival is the best story ever told!

The details and accounts of the struggles these girls were forced to endure for over a decade are harrowing, they give hope to families everywhere to keep the faith! From the moment I opened page one I was not able to put this book down, such a great tale of the victims overcoming their worst fears made a reality.

Hope

What an emotional book. What these women went through and still come out on top is amazing to me. Their strength is incredible and I’m glad they survived to tell their story in their own words. This was an great book and would recommend it.