Hope

by Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus, Mary Jordan

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About this book

On May 6, 2013, Amanda Berry made headlines around the world when she fled a Cleveland home and called 911, saying: "Help me, I'm Amanda Berry... I've been kidnapped, and I've been missing for ten years." A horrifying story rapidly unfolded. Ariel Castro, a local school bus driver, had separately lured Berry, Gina DeJesus, and Michelle Knight to his home, where he kept them chained. In the decade that followed, the three were raped, psychologically abused, and threatened with death. Berry had a daughter -- Jocelyn -- by their captor. Drawing upon their recollections and the diary kept by Amanda Berry, Berry and Gina DeJesus describe a tale of unimaginable torment. Reporters Mary Jordan and Kevin Sullivan interweave the events within Castro's house with original reporting on efforts to find the missing girls. The full story behind the headlines -- including details never previously released on Castro's life and motivations -- *Hope* is a harrowing yet inspiring chronicle of two women whose courage, ingenuity, and resourcefulness ultimately delivered them back to their lives and families.

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Setting

OhioCleveland

About the authors

Amanda Berry

22 April 1986

Amanda Berry vanished on the night of April 21, 2003, in Cleveland, Ohio, one day before her 17th birthday. She was held prisoner by Ariel Castro, suffering abuse at his hands for more than 10 years. Berry had a daughter while being held captive, and a paternity test conducted after her escape proved that Castro was the father. She escaped in May 2013 and was able to get help to rescue the other two victims, Michelle Knight and Gina DeJesus. The women's harrowing ordeal made the case a media sensation. Amanda coauthored the book *Hope: A Memoir of Survival in Cleveland* with Gina DeJesus detailing their experiences at the hands of Castro. Source: [biography.com](https://www.biography.com/…

Gina DeJesus

1 April 1990

Gina DeJesus became a kidnapping statistic when she disappeared at age 14 while walking home from school on April 2, 2004. She was imprisoned with two other young women, Michelle Knight and Amanda Berry, by former school bus driver Ariel Castro, the estranged father of one of DeJesus's friends. After a nearly 10-year period of captivity, which included rape, beatings and starvation, DeJesus and her fellow captors were rescued by neighbors in May 2013 after Castro left the house and Berry managed to flee to the front door of the house, where she screamed for help. Source: [biography.com](https://www.biography.com/crime/gina-dejesus)