Amanda Berry, author portrait
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Amanda Berry

Amanda Berry was abducted in Cleveland, Ohio, by Ariel Castro on April 21, 2003, the day before her seventeenth birthday. After escaping with her daughter in 2013, she and fellow captive Gina DeJesus shared their experience in the #1 New York Times bestselling book Hope: A Memoir of Survival in Cleveland.

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