Waiting to Be Heard: A Memoir
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DescriptionIn November 2007, Amanda Knox was twenty years old and had been studying abroad in Perugia, Italy, for only a few weeks when her friend and roommate, a young English student named Meredith Kercher, was brutally murdered. The investigation made headlines around the world, and Amanda's arrest placed her at the center of a media firestorm. Young, naïve, grieving at the horrifying death of her friend, and with little more than basic knowledge of the Italian language, she was subjected to harsh interrogations during which she struggled to understand the police and to make her own words understood. The subsequent trial exposed Amanda to international scrutiny and speculation, and she became a tabloid staple. In 2009, after an extremely controversial trial, she was wrongly convicted of murder. But in October 2011, after Amanda had spent four years in an Italian prison, and following a lengthy appeals process, the conviction was overturned. Amanda immediately flew home to the United States. Now, in Waiting to Be Heard, Amanda Knox shares for the very first time the truth about her terrifying ordeal. Drawing from journals she kept and letters she wrote during her incarceration, Amanda gives an unflinching and deeply personal account of her harrowing experience, from the devastation of her friend's murder to the series of mistakes and misunderstandings that led to her arrest. She speaks intimately about what it was like, at the age of twenty, to find herself imprisoned in a foreign country for a crime she did not commit and demonized by the international media, and about the impact on her family and loved ones as they traveled back and forth to be at her side so that she would not be alone. She describes the relationships that bloomed with those who believed in her innocence and how the strength of her family helped her survive the most challenging time of her young life. With grace and gratitude, Amanda describes the aftermath of the trial and her return home to the States, where she is able once again to look forward to the future. A young woman's soul-baring account of a nightmare turned real, of unimaginable horror and the miscarriage of justice that ensued, and, ultimately, of fortitude in the face of overwhelming adversity, Waiting to Be Heard is a memoir unlike any you have ever read. Critic Reviewsfrom Bookreporter.com - Amie Taylor It was every girl's dream come true, and Amanda Knox knew it. She had worked long hours to save the money she would need to spend a year studying abroad, studied hard to achieve the required grades, and convinced her parents that she was mature enough to travel to and live in a foreign country far from family and friends. She was set, or so she thought. Initially everything was great. Amanda ... from Bookreporter.com Amanda Knox spent four years in a foreign prison for a crime she did not commit. In the fall of 2007, the 20yearold college coed left Seattle to study abroad in Italy, but her life was shattered when her roommate was murdered in their apartment. After a controversial trial, Amanda was convicted and imprisoned. But in 2011, an appeals court overturned the decision and vacated the murder charge ... My ReviewReader ReviewsWrite a Review - June 20, 2013 As I was still reading this incredible book, when Amanda came on The View. Then two days later was article on why the retrial on GMA. Good luck to the Italians. They should work on their Judicial system. Injustice will not take them anywhere. As much as I feel sorry for Meridith and how she suffered, Amanda has equally suffered from a crime she did not commit. Mafias and corruption typical of the Italians. About the Author |