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Amanda Knox spent nearly four years in prison and eight years on trial for a murder she didn't commit—and became a notorious tabloid story in the process.
Though she was exonerated, it's taken more than a decade for her to reclaim her identity and truly feel free.
Free recounts how Knox survived incarceration, the mistakes she made and misadventures she had reintegrating into society, and culminates in the untold story of her return to Italy and the extraordinary relationship she's built with the man who sent her to prison. It is the gripping saga of what happens when you become the definition of notorious but have quietly returned to the matters of a normal life—seeking a life partner, finding a job, or even just going out in public.
In harrowing (and sometimes hilarious) detail, Amanda reveals her personal growth and hard-fought wisdom, recasting her public reckoning as a private reflection on the search for meaning and purpose that will speak to everyone persevering through hardship.
"Candid, compelling, and deeply convincing." ―Booklist (starred review)
n engrossing reflection on reclaiming identity and finding peace in the aftermath of global notoriety." ―Kirkus Reviews
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Amanda Knox is an exoneree, journalist, public speaker, author of the New York Times bestselling memoir, Waiting to Be Heard, and co-host, with her partner Christopher Robinson, of the podcast Labyrinths. Between 2007 and 2015, she spent nearly four years in an Italian prison and eight years on trial for a murder she didn't commit. She has since become an advocate for criminal justice reform and media ethics. Her writing has appeared in The Atlantic, TIME Magazine, the Los Angeles Times, and many other places. She sits on the advisory council of the Frederick Douglass Project for Justice and serves as an Innocence Network Ambassador.
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