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.
