- **NEW
- YORK
- TIMES
- BESTSELLER
- •
- A
- TIME
- MUST-READ
- BOOK
- OF
- THE
- YEAR
- •
- 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.
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