Amanda Knox w/ Chris Ballew, FREE: MY SEARCH FOR MEANING

About the Book

Amanda Knox reflects on her world-famous confinement in an Italian Pr*son—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 Pr*son and eight years on trial for a M**der 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 Pr*son. 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.

About the Author

Amanda Knox is an exoneree, journalist, public speaker, author of the New York Times best-selling 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 Pr*son and eight years on trial for a M**der 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 board of the Innocence Center and serves as an Innocence Network Ambassador.

About the Interlocutor

Chris Ballew is an indie musician and artist from Seattle. He is best known as the lead singer and bassist of the alternative rock group The Presidents of the United States of America.

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