My Story

By: Elizabeth Smart, Chris Stewart

Narrated by: Elizabeth Smart

Length: 9 hrs and 12 mins

Publisher's summary

For the first time, 10 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, 14-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 for the first time, in her memoir, My Story, 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.

In the nine years after her rescue, Smart transformed from victim to advocate, traveling the country and working to educate, inspire and foster change. She has created a foundation to help prevent crimes against children and is a frequent public speaker. In 2012, she married Matthew Gilmour, whom she met doing mission work in Paris for her church, in a fairy tale wedding that made the cover of People magazine.

©2013 Elizabeth Smart (P)2013 Macmillan Audio

Exceptional

very good book. feel for the girl happy for the woman she has become. a goid example for others

Perseverance !

Incredible strength and great delivery-grateful for this book and your continued work for His Kingdom. Blessings-

LOVE IT

Elizabeth does such a wonderful job telling her story. With this being narrated by Elizabeth, it makes it feel like you are there with her, you can truly feel her emotions.

An Unfathomable Story of Survival and Hope

Elizabeth endured unimaginable torture to bring hope to others and raise awareness of their suffering.

Powerful!

What an amazingly powerful experience, told in a deeply and compassionately powerful way...by Elizabeth herself! I would never want one of my precious daughters to ever experience what she experienced, but I am so very grateful that she courageously told her story with her own voice, and hope that I, my wife and my children may be as resilient and grateful as Elizabeth. Through her, we know that it can be done, that we can endure always with hope.

Courageous!

Amazing story of courage in recovery! But the truth of her story is brutal.

courage and healing

powerful because it was narrated by the courageous, beautiful author Who lent the story meaning by describing her healing journey .

My Story, enlightening

This story is very enlightening.
It filled in the details of what happened to Elizabeth. It is clear and detailed. I was captivated listening to her speak her story. I appreciate the effort it would’ve taken to produce and share her experiences with us. Very well done. I highly recommend this book to anyone.

Amazing story

If you’ve ever wanted to hear Elizabeth’s story you have to read/listen to this book. She tells her story with so much passion. Must read

Elegant and easy read

I read this book because I find it very important, when possible, to hear a person's story directly from them. Elizabeth Smart reads her story with so much grace and elegance. She reads it as though she is reading it directly to you. She is very clear and direct with her thoughts and feelings. She explains what she was thinking, and why she did, or did not do certain things. She tells her story\what happened to her in a way that is not graphic, but does paint the horrific picture of her 9 months in captivity. I also love how she describes her will to live, her hope, her family and that you can move forward to live a fulfilling life.