Runs with scissors discussion

Michelle Knight has blown me away with her strength and candor in this book.

I live in the Cleveland area and I remember seeing the news that night that they had found the missing girls that we had heard so much about. Then they said that there was a third one found. One we did not even know was missing because no one thought to report her gone. This is her tale, in her own words about the hell she lived through, before her 11 year hostage situation, and how she handling she is moving forward. Knight has changed her name to distance herself from this and I don't blame her. If you are seeking a salacious book with gory details you will not find it here. Are parts disturbing, yes. The situation in disturbing. Of the three, Knight has been the most vocal, but then, she had no one to speak for her all her years in hell with a sociopath.

The other girls (for that is what they were when taken) had family pushing their pictures in front of the local media and kept flyers up all over the area for years. Knight, who was 21 at the time of her kidnapping, did not have any of this, yet she held herself together, she kept her faith, and she has come through. She is the pinnacle of grace, resiliency and moving forward. She has found her voice, and I hope it will ring for a long,long time.

I have been meaning to read her book, but a little nervous about it also. I do agree that she is a truly exceptional lady, and a positive inspiration to many.