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How did Elizabeth Smart survive nine months in captivity-and manage to forge a new life for herself? This is her story.
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.
"The inspirational and ultimately redemptive story of a teenage girl's descent into hell... and of the faith that fueled her determination to survive." -Kirkus Reviews
In My Story, Smart tells of the constant fear she endured every hour, her courageous determination to maintain hope, and how she convinced her captors 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.
"[The book's] power lies in the way Smart presents herself-stronger but somehow still innocent." -The New Yorker
My Story, by Elizabeth A. Smart, Chris Stewart - Amazon Sales Rank: #128428 in Books
- Published on: 2015-11-03
- Released on: 2015-11-03
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 6.89" h x .86" w x 4.28" l, 1.00 pounds
- Binding: Mass Market Paperback
- 320 pages
My Story, by Elizabeth A. Smart, Chris Stewart Review “Her intimate story sheds light on her captivity and how she was able to rebuild her life after such an altering and scarring event. The audiobook, beautifully narrated by the author, has an extra dimension of truth and emotion.” ―Library Journal
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How did Elizabeth Smart survive nine months in captivity-and manage to forge a new life for herself? This is her story.
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.
"The inspirational and ultimately redemptive story of a teenage girl's descent into hell... and of the faith that fueled her determination to survive." -Kirkus Reviews
In My Story, Smart tells of the constant fear she endured every hour, her courageous determination to maintain hope, and how she convinced her captors 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.
"[The book's] power lies in the way Smart presents herself-stronger but somehow still innocent." -The New Yorker
About the Author ELIZABETH ANN SMART is an American activist and president of the Elizabeth Smart Foundation. She first gained widespread attention at age fourteen when she was kidnapped from her home and rescued nine months later.Chris Stewart is a former U. S. Air Force pilot assigned to fly the SR-71 Blackbird and B-1 bomber. He is the author of successful and acclaimed thrillers including Shattered Bone, The Kill Box, and The Third Consequence. He lives in Farmington, Utah.
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390 of 410 people found the following review helpful. Inspiring, brutal story. By Jill F I'm confused by the negative reviews on Amazon and also Barnes and Noble. The complaints run from the Smart family "cashing in" on this horrific crime, to complaints about how the story was written. Elizabeth Smart is not a writer.She is just a young girl who lived thru a horrible ordeal (thru no fault of her own!) and came out on the other end a happy, well adjusted woman. The fact that her faith and family sustained her thru these 9 terrible months is truly inspiring!I'm sure it took her a long time to get thru all that has happened to her, but the fact that she has is unbelievable!For reviewers to suggest that she had opportunity to get away, or make comments about her "cashing in" is beyond comprehension. To the Smart family: Thank you for sharing your brutally honest, compelling story. Its a wonderful thing to see "Good" win out for a change.
208 of 217 people found the following review helpful. An amazing book about an amazing girl! By Ramona Montgomery As a kidnapping and rape victim myself I am humbled by Elizabeth's amazing story. Although my ordeal was almost 40 years ago it never completely goes away. Like Elizabeth my desire to overcome what happened by having a happy life as well as forgiving my captor is what makes this book so captivating. Somehow God has a way of helping you through anything if you allow Him to. This book is well written, very engaging, and honest to the core.
157 of 168 people found the following review helpful. Nightmare In America By Nicole Garrett Before I go into my review, I have to say something first.About two years ago, I read much of what Elizabeth talks about, in her trial transcript. A Utah online newspaper published her testimony and it was just as hellacious sounding to me, back then, than it was two nights ago, when I finished her book.After I read all of that, I contacted Ms. Smart on Facebook. I did not expect to hear from her and that was not the point of my contacting her. I wanted to tell her that one of the happiest days of my life, was when she was found alive. Why? Because I thought she was dead. I assumed it. I assumed it, because I thought her little sister's story was ridiculous, and I thought that Ed and Lois Smart were no better than John and Patsy Ramsey. Meaning, I assumed they killed their daughter and made up the whole story about the man in her bedroom.Then I heard she was alive. Then I saw a picture of that piece of filth, Brian David Mitchell and I knew what happened. I had just never heard the details before. I told Ms. Smart that I feared she would never be seen again, that I admired her courage for actually fighting to stay alive, JUST to make sure that her cousin Olivia(who looks a lot like her) was not Mitchell's next victim or fantasy 'bride'.Ms. Smart wrote me back, thanking me. She also sent me a poem. I am not into poetry, but this one spoke of blue seas and other pretty things, and I was not only touched, but happy that this young woman was able to forge a life for herself, after such a harrowing time in her young life.Now on to my review of 'My Story' by Elizabeth Smart.I gave this book five stars, because not only did she tell the Good(how her faith sustained her), the Bad(Brian David Mitchell and that loathesome accomplice of his, Wanda Barzee) and the Ugly(Brian David Mitchell and Wanda Barzee) of her ordeal, but Elizabeth walks the reader through her time before she was abducted, to the night it happened and her trying ordeal for nine months. I now understand why she didn't run, why she couldn't escape. All anyone has to do, that can't understand that, is to think back to what it was like to be fourteen. When you're fourteen, you can't see the whole picture. If this had happened to Ms. Smart when she had been 20 or even 25, and she had been taken in a way, where in which one scream for help, might have halted being taken, chances are, she would've done it. And she would've taken the chance that Mitchell was crying wolf about killing everyone in her family, if she had made any escape attempts.But Elizabeth was not an adult. She was a child. A teen, but still at an age where an adult can tell a child anything, and they'll believe it, even if it belies common sense. Factor in being sexually assaulted daily, starved and let's face it, who feels up to doing anything when you haven't had a good shower or bath? Add all that up and this book is just a heart wrenching, God awful nightmare.I could not have survived what Elizabeth Smart did, at fourteen, and not be writing this review from some nut house now. I couldn't. But 'My Story', is an example of what the human spirit can survive when tested.
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