Finding Me: A Decade of Darkness, a Life Reclaimed：A Memoir of the Cleveland Kidnappings

MichellewasayoungsinglemotherwhenshewaskidnappedbyalocalschoolbusdrivernamedArielCastro.Formorethanadecadeafterward,sheenduredunimaginabletortureatthehandofherabductor.In2003AmandaBerryjoinedherincaptivity,followedbyGinaDeJesusin2004.TheirescapeonMay6,2013,madeheadlinesaroundtheworld.Barelyoutofherowntumultuouschildhood,Michellewasestrangedfromherfamilyandfightingforcustodyofheryoungsonwhenshedisappeared.Localpolicebelievedshehadrunaway,sotheyremovedherfromthemissingpersonslistsfifteenmonthsaftershevanished.Castrotormentedherwiththesefacts,remindingherthatnoonewaslookingforher,thattheoutsideworldhadforgottenher.ButMichellewouldnotbebroken.InFindingMe,Michellewillrevealtheheartbreakingdetailsofherstory,includingthethoughtsandprayersthathelpedherfindcouragetoendureherunimaginablecircumstancesandnowbuildalifeworthliving.Bysharingbothherpastandhereffortstocreateafuture,Michellebecomesavoiceforthevoicelessandapowerfulsymbolofhopeforthethousandsofchildrenandyoungadultswhogomissingeveryyear.