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Amanda Knox reflects on her world-famous confinement in an Italian prison—and her return to an "ordinary" life—to reveal hard-won truths about purpose and fulfillment that will resonate with anyone who has ever felt trapped in their own circumstances.

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 as-yet-untold story of her return to Italy and the extraordinary relationship she went on to build with the man who sent her to prison. It is the moving saga of how she wrests back her own life from the grip of her story's notoriety and returns to the quiet 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 who has persevered through hardship.

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Amanda‘s insights

I love Amanda‘s writing and her descriptions metaphors. She is a very courageous and kind person.

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wrongfully incarcerated

it is quite a compelling story, very clear and detailed. exposes the flaws in law enforcement globally.

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Inspiring vulnerability

A beautiful, raw story. Thank you, Amanda, for existing, surviving, and being a voice for victims of injustice everywhere. Also, who’s got any shit to ever say to you? God damn. You’re a tough lady.

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Beautiful human being

Amanda is smart and intellectual! I enjoyed this and am going to start reading her first book now!

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Amanda’s vulnerability is palpable!

Gosh this is so good! I’ve read Amanda’s first book & this did not disappoint! Her emotional & interesting way of writing & speaking is just so good! I don’t know if authors read these, but if you do, I’d just like to say that not one person I’ve spoken with since reading this, actually thought for one minute you were guilty. I’m in the US, but what I’ve found in asking friends is that we all thought the Italian judicial system had it wrong from the start. Sending you peace & love!

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Amanda Knox falsely and horribly imprisoned for murder

My ancestors and relatives are from Perugia. I love Perugia. I, too, studied briefly at the Università per stranieri. I hate the horrific injustice that was done to Amanda!! I pray that the Italian prosecutor can someday recognize his wrongdoing and offer Amanda a sincere apology.
I don’t know what language besides Italian has a stronger word for shame : VERGONA. If you say that word loudly, not ever knowing what it means, you can sense how wicked that word sounds.
I’m sorry that Amanda doesn’t have strong Christian faith. I don’t know how I’d have gotten through her ordeal without my faith.
A portion of her story is too intimate for my liking. I understand that her freedom causes her to freely communicate every aspect of her life and experience.
I’m so happy that Amanda’s life has been redeemed. That she’s came from a loving family that was 100% behind her. She’s now in a happy marriage with wonderful husband and children and now has such great purpose through the Innocence project.
Why, if Amanda and Rafaelle were tried 2x for the same crime hasn’t Rudy Guede been charged again, been found guilty and been imprisoned for life without parole.
Meredith is the most tragic victim in this true horror story. My heart goes out to her family. I hope her family can realize that Rudy is the true subhuman monster here. I pray Meredith’s family can reconcile with Amanda.

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an incredibly honest and human reflection

4.5/5. It’s an incredibly honest and human reflection. Amanda Knox, a figure that will always be held in infamy and suspicion despite the evidence. I found the audiobook refreshing and poignant, especially in her desire to be found innocent by those her prosecuted her. I also found sympathy for Giuliano because I understand that to be a lawyer (and to stay a lawyer) is to have unwavering faith in the system. That judges and juries will believe evidence, that the ecosystem works. He holds the blame for the faults of a system in the Knox case, despite it being mostly on the entire system as a whole. The jury and judges who sentenced her are equally, if not moreso to blame as they believed in a story with no evidence.
But Amanda’s candor, her honest reflection and desire for peace make the story powerful. Her ability to meet a man who will never admit he is wrong, for his own conscious or for his faith in a system that most likely needs repair who knows, in incredible. I wish her peace, I wish that the world would understand that she is innocent. That the facts, as black and white as they are, indicate that she is another victim of Rudy Guede.
An incredible listen by a woman who is doing so much good, who is reminding us again and again to look at the facts, the evidence, rather than the painted narrative given by the media. Who leads a life of kindness, and a deep understanding of humanity that most do not possess. Though I wish she could have the life of anonymity so many of us take for granted, the world is a more better, kinder place with her voice and heart having the power and sway that they have.

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Love it! Absolutely fantastic!

Amanda Knox is both courageous and gracious. This book is a must read for anyone traversing a challenge (doesn't have to be inherently negative).
Amanda shares her story, from her perspective, in her own voice, and with no apologies in this book. It felt like watching a well made, based on real events, movie.
More importantly, for any casual reader who might not yet be familiar with Amanda Knox, Knox is not aimlessly venting, she's genuinely trying to help by sharing her story, in the most constructive way possible.

I am not gracious (when unmerited)... Without hesitation, as a student in italy myself, I know first hand that's just italy and italians for you. italians (even in the media) go as far as to claim that Knox did not grow up rich, and that she had a foster father, trying to rob her, publicly, of a pretty wholesome childhood, as if to say that her life was ruined anyways, or as an excuse for why she might be eligible as a suspect (just because they have nothing tangible on her)... I think that's even more insidious than their degenerate defamations. But that is the authentic italian mentality; externalise, project, deflect, obfuscate, lie, lie and lie some more. Wouldn't surprise me if Knox's italian roommates played a huge role in defaming her, especially to the cops (out of pure pathetic tribalistic envy, and due to the trauma they must* have incurred by living in an extremely chauvinistic society).

NB. Only thing I cannot get behind is Knox's fondness of the Beatles and Harry Potter.

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Very different than her first book

I loved her first book. It was captivating and inspiring. This is just a hodgepodge of liberal ideas veiled as some kind of bogus inspiration. There are some great parts to it, but overall a disappointment.

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