{"product_id":"captive-ashley-smith-9780062439208","title":"Captive","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNow a stirring movie from Paramount Pictures--starring Kate Mara (\u003cem\u003eHouse of Cards\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eFantastic Four\u003c\/em\u003e) and David Oyelowo (\u003cem\u003eSelma\u003c\/em\u003e)--this inspirational, news-making life story of the young female hostage who in 2005 single-handedly talked the infamous Atlanta courthouse killer, Brian Nichols, into surrendering peacefully by gaining his confidence through her prayers and personal faith and by reading passages to him from the Christian blockbuster \u003cem\u003eA Purpose Driven Life\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn March 2005, Ashley Smith made headlines around the globe when she miraculously talked her way out of the hands of alleged courthouse killer Brian Nichols after he took her hostage for seven hours in her suburban Atlanta apartment. In this moving, inspirational account, Ashley shares the details of her traumatic ordeal and expands on how her faith and the bestselling book \u003cem\u003eThe Purpose-Driven Life\u003c\/em\u003e helped her survive and bring the killer's murderous rampage to a peaceful end.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLike her captor, Smith too has faced darkness and despair. Seeking a new life, she moved to Atlanta, got a job, enrolled in a medical assistant training program, and was beginning to find her way to becoming the kind of mom she wanted her little girl to have. Then Brian Nichols took her hostage. Just hours earlier, he'd allegedly shot to death a judge, a court reporter, a deputy, and a federal agent and escaped in a stolen vehicle. Now she found herself face-to-face with Nichols, a desperate, heavily armed man with nothing left to lose.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJuxtaposing the minute-by-minute tale of her experience with the tragedies and triumphs of her own life, \u003cem\u003eCaptive\u003c\/em\u003e is a riveting story that will leave no reader untouched.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ashley Smith\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0062439200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780062439208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e HarperCollins Publishers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/18\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.30w x 0.60d","brand":"Ashley Smith","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46685592322303,"sku":"9780062439208","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b9aa3849-565d-4b36-bb81-e4c4c34e63ac.jpg?v=1741726185","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/captive-ashley-smith-9780062439208","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}