The #1 New York Times Bestseller and inspirational memoir by Michelle Knight, whose survival story gripped the world and continues to inspire and offer hope. Michelle was a young single mother when she was kidnapped by a local school bus driver named Ariel Castro. For more than a decade afterward, she endured unimaginable torture at the hand of her abductor. In 2003 Amanda Berry joined her in … Amanda Berry joined her in captivity, followed by Gina DeJesus in 2004. Their escape on May 6, 2013, made headlines around the world.
Barely out of her own tumultuous childhood, Michelle was estranged from her family and fighting for custody of her young son when she disappeared. Local police believed she had run away, so they removed her from the missing persons lists fifteen months after she vanished. Castro tormented her with these facts, reminding her that no one was looking for her, that the outside world had forgotten her. But Michelle would not be broken.
In Finding Me, Michelle will reveal the heartbreaking details of her story, including the thoughts and prayers that helped her find courage to endure her unimaginable circumstances and now build a life worth living. By sharing both her past and her efforts to create a future, Michelle becomes a voice for the voiceless and a powerful symbol of hope for the thousands of children and young adults who go missing every year.
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An important story that needs to be better known. The horrifying thing is that there are so many more women or girls in similar situations. It’s hard to read of such terrible abuse, but worse still to be ignorant of it.
This is one of the most terrible true stories you will ever read. Remembering back to the time when this was in progress, one would find it hard to believe that any man could be that evil. Ladies, beware – just because he acts nicely, doesn’t mean that he is nice. It is inspiring to note that the author is actively working to prevent such acts ever happening again.
I liked this book because it was a true story. It was scary and left a haunting memory of what she went through. I also found it inspirational since she managed to endure and survive such horror and go on to live a successful life and put it behind her. A very remarkable girl.
This is an amazing story, unbelievable. Well written too, and I recommend it highly.
We all know the headlines and thought “how could that happen” ? It’s worse that we ever thought. I was very moved by how these ladies were able to endure their ordeal and maintain their will to live. Good–but horrible story.
Although I am amazed by her resilience and moved by her story this memoir was really badly written and I found it impossible to read beyond the first couple of pages.
I liked this book I thought that it was also tragic that something like this could happen in Cleveland
Spellbinding. It is hard to believe that this could happen.
Touching story!
I really enjoyed this book. It was a kind of a hard read, because of all the twisted things he did to her. I almost cried, it must have seemed so hopeless to her. I am glad to see her trying to get her life back together. Good luck to you sweetheart, and I pray God Blesses the rest of your life.
Brave accounting of a horrific tale. I hope there will be a sequel.
This is so sad what Michele went through. I don’t blame her for not bothering with her family. I am glad from what I read she has found happiness. She sure deserves it.
This book was hard to put down. Very tragic and amazing what horrendous events people can live through. This was a real story of a young women kidnapped by someone she knew and he was a monster. True stories have a much bigger impact on me than fiction. It made me feel very fortunate that I have never gone through a traumatic event as this one. You will keep your eyes open and alert to your surroundings in public after reading this book. I recommend this book. Well written.
This book was so good I couldn’t put it down I literally read it in one day…. IT WAS AMAZING!!!