My story
By: Elizabeth Smart with Chris Stewart
Contributors: Stewart, Chris, 1960- author
Edition: Large print edition.
Series: Thorndike Press large print basic
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 451
ISBN-13: 9781410466211
Subjects: Kidnapping; Missing children; Mormon children; Kidnapping victims; Large type books; Biography; Crimes against
Description: Ten years after her abduction from her Salt Lake City bedroom, Elizabeth Smart reveals how she survived and the secret to forging a new life in the wake of a brutal crime 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. Now she tells of the constant fear she endured every hour, her courageous determination to maintain hope, and how she devised a plan to manipulate her captors and convinced them 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.

Elizabeth Smart who was kidnapped and held captive for nine months describes her ordeal, escape, and becoming an advocate in preventing crimes against children. The text contains episodes of sexual abuse. The coauthor is Chris Stewart.
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