by Amanda Knox
First published 2013
Amanda Knox was a typical twenty-year-old from Seattle when she arrived in Perugia, Italy in fall 2007 for a study abroad program. Her ordinary college experience ended abruptly on November 1 when her British roommate Meredith Kercher was found murdered in their shared apartment. Within five days, Italian police arrested Knox and charged her with the crime. The case exploded into global headlines as Knox found herself at the center of a media circus filled with rumors and wild theories. She endured a controversial trial that resulted in conviction and imprisonment. Two years behind bars followed before an appeals court reversed the verdict in 2011 and freed her. Knox immediately flew back to America and stayed quiet about her ordeal. This book marks her decision to finally speak.
Genres: crime, autobiography, biography-memoir, 21st-century
Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: fish-out-of-water, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Perugia, Italy, Seattle
Period: 2007, 2011
463 pages · Hardcover · Harper Collins
Content warnings: anxiety, depression, mental-illness