by Amanda Knox
First published 2013
Amanda Knox recounts her ordeal following the brutal murder of her roommate Meredith Kercher in Perugia, Italy in November 2007. Knox was twenty years old, studying Italian for just weeks when police arrested her for the crime. She faced intense interrogations with limited language skills and became the center of worldwide media attention. After a controversial trial in 2009, she received a wrongful murder conviction and spent four years in Italian prison. Drawing from diaries and letters written during imprisonment, Knox describes the experience of being portrayed as a demon by international press while maintaining her innocence. She details how family and friends traveled repeatedly to support her through the appeals process. In October 2011, her conviction was overturned and she immediately returned to the United States. Knox chronicles the mistakes and misunderstandings that led to her arrest, the strain on her loved ones, and the strength she found in those who believed her. The book captures her relief at finally being able to make future plans again after years of legal nightmare.
Genres: crime, autobiography, non-fiction, biography-memoir, 21st-century
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: fish-out-of-water, wrongly-accused
Setting: Perugia, Italy, United States
Period: 2007, 2009, 2011
480 pages · Paperback · Sijthoff
Content warnings: anxiety, depression