Summary: For the first time, ten years after her
abduction from her Salt Lake City bedroom, Elizabeth Smart reveals how she
survived and the secret to forging a new life in the wake of a brutal crime. On June 5, 2002, fourteen-year-old
Elizabeth Smart, the daughter of a close-knit Mormon family, was taken from her
home in the middle of the night by religious fanatic, Brian David Mitchell and
his wife, Wanda Barzee. She was kept chained, dressed in disguise, repeatedly
raped, and told she and her family would be killed if she tried to escape. After
her rescue on March 12, 2003, she rejoined her family and worked to pick up the
pieces of her life.
Now for the first time, in her memoir, MY
STORY, she tells of the constant fear she endured every hour, her
courageous determination to maintain hope, and how she devised a plan to
manipulate her captors and convinced them to return to Utah, where she was
rescued minutes after arriving. Smart explains how her faith helped her stay
sane in the midst of a nightmare and how she found the strength to confront her
captors at their trial and see that justice was served.
What I thought: A really good read. So sad what happens to innocent children.
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