Waiting to Be Heard A Memoir by Amanda Knox
Brand: Harper Paperbacks
Product Description
As seen in the Nextflix documentary Amanda Knox in March 2015 the Supreme Court of Italy exonerated Amanda Knox author of the New York Times bestselling memoir Waiting To Be Heard. In an afterward to this newly issued paperback edition Amanda updates readers on her life since 2011 introduces the individuals who helped her persevere as her case continued through the Italian courts and shares her plans for helping others who have also been wrongfully convicted. In November 2007 20 yearold Amanda Knox had only been studying in Perugia Italy for a few weeks when her friend and roommate British student Meredith Kercher was murdered. The investigation made headlines around the world and Amandas arrest placed her at the center of a media firestorm. After an extremely controversial trial she was convicted of murder in 2009. She spent four years in an Italian prison until a new court which appointed independent experts to review the prosecutions DNA evidence affirmatively found her innocent in 2011. She returned home to Seattle Washington. But just when Amanda thought her legal nightmare had ended it began all over again. In March 2013 Italys highest court annulled the acquittal and sent the case to the lower courts for further proceedings. Even though no new evidence was introduced against her Amanda was found guilty and sentenced to 2812 years in prison in January 2014. This decision was overturned by the Italian Supreme Court which exonerated her of the murder charge. In Waiting to Be Heard Amanda speaks about what it was like to find herself imprisoned in a foreign country for a crime she did not commit and how much she relied on the unwavering support of her family and friends many of whom made extraordinary sacrifices on her behalf. Waiting to Be Heard is an unflinching heartfelt comingofage narrative like no othernow with a new afterword in which Amanda describes the heartstopping final twists in her fight for freedom and her hopes for the future. Michiko Kakutani New York Times show more
Condition : New
Author : Amanda Knox
Weight : 468.23
Publisher : Harper Paperbacks
Language : English
EAN : 9780062217219
ISBN10 : 0062217216
Format : Paperback
Date of Publication : 20240808
Place of Publication : NA
Pagination : NA
Dimensions : 135 X 201 X 23mm