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.
However, the reception has not been as warm as she had hoped, leaving her feeling devastated.
Despite its noble intentions, the book has faced criticism.
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.
The disparity in reactions has undoubtedly affected Griner, who poured her heart into this project.
About Coming Home
From the nine-time women’s basketball icon and two-time Olympic gold medalist—a raw, revelatory account of her unfathomable detainment in Russia and her journey home.
“Compelling . . . An intimate, honest recollection of Griner’s time held captive in Russia. Coming Home reads as a deeply personal, publicly powerful documentation of what happened—what is still happening—to her body and mind.” —Slate
On February 17, 2022, Brittney Griner arrived in Moscow ready to spend the WNBA offseason playing for the Russian women’s 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’s world was violently upended in a crisis she has never spoken in detail about publicly—until now.
In Coming Home, 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’s forgotten.
In haunting and vivid detail, Brittney takes readers inside the horrors of a geopolitical nightmare spanning ten months.
And yet Coming Home is more than Brittney’s 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’s support pulled her back from the brink; and how hundreds of letters from friends and neighbors lent her resolve to keep fighting. Coming Home is both a story of survival and a testament to love—the bonds that brought Brittney home to her family, and at last, to herself.
“A visceral, harrowing account of what it’s like to be trapped inside Russia’s infamous criminal justice system, with its merciless judges and vast labor camps.” —The New York Times Book Review.
News
Stephen A Smith Believes
Interest in the WNBA has reached a level it’s never seen through its 27 years of existence. This season has been like none other, and the rookie…
WILD Paгty
The Shockιпg Fallout fгoм the Dιddy Paгty Scaпdal: A New Eгa of Celebгιty Accouпtabιlιty? Iп aп eгa of гapιdly chaпgιпg publιc scгutιпy aпd accouпtabιlιty, гeceпt footage fгoм…
A’jɑ Wilson’s Privilege
The Bɑttle of the Bɑsketbɑll Stɑгs: Asιɑ Wιlsoп vs. Cɑιtlyп Clɑгk Iп the eveг-evolvιпg lɑпdscɑρe of woмeп’s bɑsketbɑll, two ɑthletes stɑпd out: Asιɑ Wιlsoп ɑпd Cɑιtlyп Clɑгk….
Imɑne Khelif Striρρed
Olymρic Boxer Imɑne Khelif Loses All Titles ɑnd Fɑces Lifetime Bɑn After Fɑiling Mɑndɑtory Gender Test Olymρic boxer Imɑne Khelif hɑs recently mɑde heɑdlines ɑfter being striρρed…
YOU DON’T EVEN KNOW ME
“YOU DON’T EVEN KNOW ME, YET YOU HATE ME”: Imɑne Khelif, Algeriɑn Gold Medɑlist, Resρonds to Unfɑir Criticism ɑnd Cyberbullying Including Elon Musk’s Comments In ɑ world…
Technology that breaks
Elon Musk recently introduced a remarkable new player in aerospace: the SR-72 Darkstar, a hypersonic aircraft primed to revolutionize the battlefield. Developed by Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works…
End of content
No more pages to load