\u201cA visceral, harrowing account of what it\u2019s like to be trapped inside Russia\u2019s infamous criminal justice system, with its merciless judges and vast labor camps.\u201d\u00a0\u2014The New York Times Book Review.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Brittney Griner, the WNBA star known for her powerful presence both on and off the court, recently released a book aimed at empowering women to live with integrity. … <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13011,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13010","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13010","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13010"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13010\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13012,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13010\/revisions\/13012"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
However, the reception has not been as warm as she had hoped, leaving her feeling devastated.<\/p>\n
In a poignant three-word message, Griner encapsulated her feelings: \u201cWait and See.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Despite its noble intentions, the book has faced criticism.<\/p>\n
Some reviewers felt that the content did not resonate as deeply as expected, while others argued that it lacked the depth necessary for such an important topic.<\/p>\n
The disparity in reactions has undoubtedly affected Griner, who poured her heart into this project.<\/p>\n
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About Coming Home<\/strong><\/p>\n From the nine-time women\u2019s basketball icon and two-time Olympic gold medalist\u2014a raw, revelatory account of her unfathomable detainment in Russia and her journey home.<\/p>\n \u201cCompelling . . . An intimate, honest recollection of Griner\u2019s time held captive in Russia.\u00a0Coming Home\u00a0reads as a deeply personal, publicly powerful documentation of what happened\u2014what is still happening\u2014to her body and mind.\u201d \u2014Slate<\/p>\n In\u00a0Coming Home<\/em>, Brittney finally shares the harrowing details of her sudden arrest days before Russia invaded Ukraine; her bewilderment and isolation while navigating a foreign legal system amid her trial and sentencing; her emotional and physical anguish as the first American woman ever to endure a Russian penal colony while the #WeAreBG movement rallied for her release; the chilling prisoner swap with Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout; and her remarkable rise from hostage to global spokesperson on behalf of America\u2019s forgotten.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n In haunting and vivid detail, Brittney takes readers inside the horrors of a geopolitical nightmare spanning ten months.<\/p>\n And yet\u00a0Coming Home<\/em>\u00a0is more than Brittney\u2019s journey from captivity to freedom. In an account as gripping as it is poignant, she shares how her deep love for Cherelle, her college sweetheart and wife of six years, anchored her during their greatest storm; how her family\u2019s support pulled her back from the brink; and how hundreds of letters from friends and neighbors lent her resolve to keep fighting.\u00a0Coming Home<\/em>\u00a0is both a story of survival and a testament to love\u2014the bonds that brought Brittney home to her family, and at last, to herself.<\/p>\n![\"BRITTNEY](\"https:\/\/i.ebayimg.com\/images\/g\/3ToAAOSwO4FmTKwV\/s-l1200.jpg\")
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\nOn February 17, 2022, Brittney Griner arrived in Moscow ready to spend the WNBA offseason playing for the Russian women\u2019s basketball team where she had been the centerpiece of previous championship seasons. Instead, a security checkpoint became her gateway to hell when she was arrested for mistakenly carrying under one gram of medically prescribed hash oil. Brittney\u2019s world was violently upended in a crisis she has never spoken in detail about publicly\u2014until now.<\/p>\n