Coming Home

De: Brittney Griner, Michelle Burford - contributor

Narrado por: Andia Winslow, Brittney Griner

Duración: 10 h y 36 m

Resumen del Editor

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the nine-time women’s basketball icon and two-time Olympic gold medalist—a raw, revelatory account of her unfathomable detainment in Russia and her journey home.

“Compelling . . . An intimate, honest recollection of Griner’s time held captive in Russia. Coming Home reads as a deeply personal, publicly powerful documentation of what happened—what is still happening—to her body and mind.”—Slate

On February 17, 2022, Brittney Griner arrived in Moscow ready to spend the WNBA offseason playing for the Russian women’s basketball team where she had been the centerpiece of previous championship seasons. Instead, a security checkpoint became her gateway to hell when she was arrested for mistakenly carrying under one gram of medically prescribed hash oil. Brittney’s world was violently upended in a crisis she has never spoken in detail about publicly—until now.

In Coming Home, Brittney finally shares the harrowing details of her sudden arrest days before Russia invaded Ukraine; her bewilderment and isolation while navigating a foreign legal system amid her trial and sentencing; her emotional and physical anguish as the first American woman ever to endure a Russian penal colony while the #WeAreBG movement rallied for her release; the chilling prisoner swap with Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout; and her remarkable rise from hostage to global spokesperson on behalf of America’s forgotten. In haunting and vivid detail, Brittney takes listeners inside the horrors of a geopolitical nightmare spanning ten months.

And yet Coming Home is more than Brittney’s journey from captivity to freedom. In an account as gripping as it is poignant, she shares how her deep love for Cherelle, her college sweetheart and wife of six years, anchored her during their greatest storm; how her family’s support pulled her back from the brink; and how hundreds of letters from friends and neighbors lent her resolve to keep fighting. Coming Home is both a story of survival and a testament to love—the bonds that brought Brittney home to her family, and at last, to herself.

©2024 Brittney Griner (P)2024 Random House Audio

Reseñas de la Crítica

“A visceral, harrowing account of what it’s like to be trapped inside Russia’s infamous criminal justice system, with its merciless judges and vast labor camps.”—The New York Times Book Review

“Riveting . . . Coming Home delves unflinchingly into the dehumanizing indignities the Olympic athlete suffered during the 10 months she served out of a nine-year sentence.”—The Washington Post

“A detailed accounting of Griner’s harrowing journey through a Russian legal system known for its corruption . . . Read her book, a 300-plus page deep dive on an experience many of us wouldn’t have been able to recover from, and I suspect your empathy will grow−for her and all of humanity . . . The ripple effect in life is real, and if Griner’s honesty helps even a dozen readers see the world differently, that impact, her impact, will be felt for years. Griner's book will get people talking to each other, and that's when real change begins.”—Lindsay Schnell, USA Today

Journey through life.

This can be a best seller. You can laugh and cry reading this. But also the courage, strength and inner peace. Is what helps get through tough times.

Unflinching honest

I really loved this book. I didn't know much about Brittney Griner until she was taken hostage. She's an amazing person who's been through hardships even before her incarceration. She's unflinchingly honest about her growing up years and the bullying she endured during that time and throughout her adult life. Even during her incarceration, both here and in Russian. She's not a person who feels sorry for herself, and is deeply introspective. She just seems like a beautiful, honest soul.

Bring them home

I loved the book. I loved the epilogue and the call to action. WeareBG! Truly felt the trauma that you described. Continued healing.

Truly inspiring

Beautiful and vulnerable book on not giving up! I only wish the whole book was read by BG.

Well Written and Eye-Opening!

I was only vaguely familiar with BG’s story prior to reading and am so glad I picked her book up. This is an incredible story of faith and love, answering all of the questions we have all wanted to ask. I highly recommend this book. Prepare for a new appreciation for activists who work to bring our brothers and sisters home as well as inspiration to outreach yourself, and most definitely, the mindfulness to hold your loved ones closer.

She Made It

I like many others prayed that BG would come home. I was so happy when she was finally released. I imagined the horrors she had to deal with while a prisoner in Russia, but the reality was even worse. The story was riveting. My heart hurt when reading about having her womanhood questioned. Hopefully, her story will provide an encouragement to other black women simply trying to make it in this country that never seems to love us as much as we love it.

what an excellent book

im genuinely moved and decided to slow down to enjoy my loved ones more, an excellent reminder of life's obstacles and overcoming them together.

im a BG fan!

Baller

A great story of courage and challenges she endured and the transition efforts back to being BG

Challenge Yourself

Love her or leave her, BG sheds lights on so many issues we encounter everyday, yet ignore & often leave unchallenged within ourselves - racism, sexism, pay inequality, homophobia, PTSD, long-held expectations of how feel people "should look."

One of the additional duties I had in combat was to track those US citizens that were deemed "isolated," i.e. detained, kidnapped, and/or "whereabouts unknown." While talking to a coworker about this book, I realized I'd shielded myself from all those names years ago. I'd forgotten them. BG reminded me that my advocacy for those wrongfully detained, those murdered, those fighting to survive each day - while I bemoan insignificant shit - need remembered. Their names should not be forgotten. Their advocacy needs to be a active venture, vice a passing whisper in the media.

Challenge yourself. Step into someone else's world. Read a different view. Challenge your perspective. Be kind. Demonstrate Love. Advocate for those who don't have a voice.

Her openness

This book is very informative and gives lots of insight to BG…..Love her and her story!!!