She spent four years in a foreign prison for a crime she did not commit. Separated from her family she was demonized by the international press and treated harshly by the Italian justice system including disdainful police. She endured humiliation injustice and loneliness thousands of miles fromher home. Now with intelligence grace and candor Amanda Knox the young American exchange student tells the full story of her harrowing ordeal in Italy-alabyrinthine nightmare of crime and punishment innocence and vindication-and-of the unwavering support of family and friends who tirelessly worked to see her win her freedom.