Waiting to Be Heard

A Memoir

By: Amanda Knox

Narrated by: Amanda Knox

Length: 12 hrs and 31 mins

Publisher's summary

Amanda Knox spent four years in a foreign prison for a crime she did not commit. In the fall of 2007, the 20-year-old college coed left Seattle to study abroad in Italy, but her life was shattered when her roommate was murdered in their apartment. After a controversial trial, Amanda was convicted and imprisoned. But in 2011, an appeals court overturned the decision and vacated the murder charge. Free at last, she returned home to the U.S., where she has remained silent, until now.

Filled with details first recorded in the journals Knox kept while in Italy, Waiting to Be Heard is a remarkable story of innocence, resilience, and courage, and of one young woman’s hard-fought battle to overcome injustice and win the freedom she deserved. With intelligence, grace, and candor, Amanda Knox tells the full story of her harrowing ordeal in Italy - a labyrinthine nightmare of crime and punishment, innocence and vindication - and of the unwavering support of family and friends who tirelessly worked to help her win her freedom.

©2013 Amanda Knox (P)2013 HarperCollinsPublishers

Good listen

Where does Waiting to Be Heard rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

Much of what we hear from Amanda we already heard in the news. However, it was somewhat shocking to hear from Amanda's perspective all that took place in Italy. It became a true psychological study of a young woman. I quickly gathered a clear understooding of how easy it was for her to get caught up in this awful murder, completely unaware of how she was implicating herself.

What does Amanda Knox bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

Hearing Amanda's inflections and her still vivid emotions to all that took place was quite moving.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

Throughout the book the constant support and sacrifice her family made to insure her safety was remarkable and many time very ingenius.

Any additional comments?

I think this is a great listen and very informative, especially for Americans who seem to travel believing they have all the same rights as what they have here in America.

Wow

Any additional comments?

What a compelling story. I hope Amamda reads these reviews because I just want to tell her that her story moved me in a way many books have not. Having a daughter myself I can appreciate the anguish her family and friends must have gone through. The effect of her reading this herself just added enormously to the overall impression of the book. Kudos Kid, and have a great life.

Well Written

If you could sum up Waiting to Be Heard in three words, what would they be?

Honest insightful account.

What did you like best about this story?

Details regarding Knox trial.

Which character – as performed by Amanda Knox – was your favorite?

Book also narrated by Amanda Knox. Good Narrator.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

No extreme reaction.

Any additional comments?

Well written and narrated.

Waiting to be Heard by Amanda Knox

Where does Waiting to Be Heard rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

One of the very best. Her story, read by her. Listen.

What other book might you compare Waiting to Be Heard to and why?

I also recommend Honor Bound by Raffaele Sollecito. You will have a better understanding of what they went through.

Which scene was your favorite?

Her release from prison.

Absolutely loved it and will listen to it again.

I absolutely loved it and will listen to it again. Having Amanda narrating it helped really understand her feelings.

Great job, just a bit too long for me

Excellent account by Amanda Knox. Only complaint is that it was too detailed and drawn out for my liking. She certainly tells her heartbreaking story very well and her narration couldn't be better.

Would have liked some info as to how and what she's been doing since book was published.

Definitely recommend!

Well narrated, compelling story

The narrator did such a fine job, I feel she could have a future narrating other audio books. The pacing of the story is just right and crafted to keep you interested.
What a naive girl Amanda is at the start! It's painful to hear her foolish view of things, but she is gradually wiser and that's a well-capped part of the journey inherent in the story.

You NEED to hear this Story...

My Goodness...I followed Amanda's Story for year and Cheered her release, I watched her step down in Seattle and was overcome with her ordeal, story, circumstance...whatever you may want to call it...her Freedom and Acquittal made me CHEER!!! The fact that Amanda narrates her novel grips you...READ THIS!!!

Amazing

Her strength and courage is astounding. She was so young, yet handled herself so well. None of us know how we would have behaved during the interrogation. I loved her honesty, and this story is heartbreaking for so many reasons. Truth finally won.

A Fascinating Story- Buy it now!

I was a little hesitant to buy a book written by a young first-time writer, but Knox did an amazing job of pulling me through the entire story. The book was easy to follow; sure it's not a litterary marvel, but the author wrote well enough as to not detract from a truly fascinating story. I also liked the fact that Knox reads the book herself; it wouldn't feel right to have someone else telling us she's innocent.

I understand it's easy to be convinced of a person's innocence when you only hear one side of the story, but I've followed this case enough through the years that I already doubted her guilt. So many events in this book left me dumbfounded; sometimes at Amanda's immaturity and foolishness (like doing the splits while she waited in the police station to show an officer how flexible she was), but mostly at the Italian police and prosecutor. They appeared to be so fixed on hanging her that any and all evidence found was somehow twisted to indict her. If Knox is lying in this book, than she truly is a masterful writer because she doesn't come across as a schemer or overly complex person; either way this book is well worth the price of admission.

Without a doubt this has been the most difficult book to put down in recent memory. If you've been at all interested in this case you MUST listen to this book, but even if you haven't followed the saga you won't believe the way the story unfolds. I can't recommend it strong enough.