52 Weeks 52 Books ~ MY STORY ~ Week Ending 11/11/13

MY STORY by Elizabeth Smart

More than a decade after her kidnapping from her Salt Lake City home by ersatz street preacher Brian David Mitchell and his wife, Wanda Barzee, Elizabeth Smart tells her tale of almost a year of captivity, and finally, rescue and retribution, and how she physically and mentally survived her ordeal. She tells a compelling story of why she waited for rescue rather than trying to escape (Mitchell made it clear that he would go after her family), and how she never fell under any kind of "Stockholm Syndrome." Elizabeth Smart has been able to take her mother's advice to reclaim her life.  Even though many months were stolen from her, the future is hers, and the choice to live it fully and happily, is her choice to make.  She's gone on to college, marriage and has created a foundation to prevent and stop predatory crimes.  ~ Katherine