Sunday, October 12, 2014

Finding Me: A Decade of Darkness, a Life Reclaimed: A Memoir of the Cleveland Kidnappings


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 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.

4 comments:

  1. Glad you girls are alive and safe @ home with your love ones but I really want one if those books so how do I get one

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  2. Book was great ! A must read I couldn't figure out how come you guys couldn't escape until I read it what a terrible hell..May God bless you 3 young ladies And pray for all those held captive against there will .

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  3. I feel really bad for what you woman went through if there was a way i could have saved the three of you i would have made sure i was a hero i have to say god does work in misterious ways and watches over each and every one of us he watched over you woman all that time but made sure that one day you would all make it out safe if theres anything that i could do to help any of you or the faimly please feel free if you read this to contact me via fb dan yo gotti or dan grant thank you for your time and god bless

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  4. I am sooooooo sorry that this has happened to u three girls its very unbelievable. If there was a way that I could rewind time I would just so none of this would of happened. When I heard u guys were missing I prayed n prayed that u guys would be found. Its very sad n I cried watching UR movie "Cleveland Abduction" n I wished to Christ u guys didn't have to go threw this. But I love UR book n I will own it one day. Love u guys. Glad u r free n living free n a new life!

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