1.
General
Information:
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Title:
Waiting to Be Heard: A Memoir
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Author:
Amanda Knox
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Publisher:
HarperCollins
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Publication
Date: 2013
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Pages:
463
2.
Where
is the book on the narrative continuum?
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Highly
Narrative (reads like fiction)
3.
What
is the subject of the book?
·
It
is about a young girl who travels to Perugia, Italy to study abroad in 2007. One day, her roommate is murdered and she is
charged for a crime she did not commit, and spends four years in an Italian
prison before she is set free.
4.
What
type of book is it?
·
A
memoir written in past tense
5.
Articulate
appeal:
·
Pacing: It is a fast
paced book and reads leisurely.
·
Characters: The characters are
fact based, meaning they are all real people.
Amanda Knox (main character), Meredith Kercher (her roommate), Raffaele
Sollecito (Knox’s boyfriend), and dozens of people, either from the courts, her
time in prison, her family, and people she met while in Italy.
·
Feeling of story: Amanda Knox
shares her unflinching and personal account of what she endured from her time
in Italy, to her friend’s murder, to her time in prison, and her time when she
was set free and flew back to the U.S.
·
Author’s intent: Knox wanted to
share her experience and her struggle to convince an Italian court she did not murder her friend.
·
Story’s focus: Amanda Knox’s
horrifying experience when her roommate is murdered to her time in Italian
prison.
·
Language: It matters as it
is told through the author’s voice (includes some Italian dialogue).
·
Setting: Well described
and important because it sets up what Italy was like and how she came to
understand how Italian court system is very different than U.S. court system. Describes Italy, in her room, in the courts,
and her time in prison.
·
Details: Many details
about the court system and what the Italian prison was like as well as her
thoughts about all of it. Includes
pictures of Amanda before, during, and after her ordeal.
·
Learning Moments: Amanda Knox’s
main goal was to tell her side; a side that was not viewed very much in Italy. She states how she changed from a young, naïve
girl to a fighter and a survivor.
6.
Why
would a reader enjoy this book?
·
Learning/experience:
A true account of an ordeal that changed a young girl’s life in a foreign
country.
·
Tone:
Very personal.
·
Intent:
Wants to give her account of what actually happened; something she was not
taken seriously for.
Very thorough write-up! I have seen this one pass the circ desk many times, but I haven't actually read it myself. Your annotation makes me think I'll have to change that.
ReplyDeleteVery impressive matrix. You give a lot of information about the book.
ReplyDeleteI remember hearing about this case, but I didn't realize that she had written a book. Your matrix was very thorough and makes me feel like I have a good understanding of the book.
ReplyDeleteI actually read Orange is the New Black and it was interesting. I love the TV Series. This book by Amanda Knox was one of the read-alikes that I used for my annotation. I am going to try to get this book next week. I have been wanting to read Amanda Knox's story. You will have to let me know if you liked the book. Crime nonfiction is my favorite type, so I am sure that I would love this. I followed her story and have seen nearly every interview with Amanda Knox and the key players. Thankfully she was acquitted for a second time and there was not the problem for the United States of extradition. This would have been a political nightmare. Italy certainly has a totally different justice system. I am not sure that the United States would have just handed her over this is clearly double jeopardy here. This is one crime that I do not believe she was guilty but she is extremely strange and did act odd many times during this ordeal. I am thinking that initially there may have been some drug use and she was not completely herself. I hope that you enjoyed this book and I look forward to reading it!! Thanks for sharing,
ReplyDeleteJennie
I actually read Orange is the New Black and it was interesting. I love the TV Series. This book by Amanda Knox was one of the read-alikes that I used for my annotation. I am going to try to get this book next week. I have been wanting to read Amanda Knox's story. You will have to let me know if you liked the book. Crime nonfiction is my favorite type, so I am sure that I would love this. I followed her story and have seen nearly every interview with Amanda Knox and the key players. Thankfully she was acquitted for a second time and there was not the problem for the United States of extradition. This would have been a political nightmare. Italy certainly has a totally different justice system. I am not sure that the United States would have just handed her over this is clearly double jeopardy here. This is one crime that I do not believe she was guilty but she is extremely strange and did act odd many times during this ordeal. I am thinking that initially there may have been some drug use and she was not completely herself. I hope that you enjoyed this book and I look forward to reading it!! Thanks for sharing,
ReplyDeleteJennie