Summary of Amanda Knox's Waiting to Be Heard

By IRB Media

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#1 I was 19 years old, and I had never seen my parents sit at the same table. I was preoccupied by independence, and I trusted my sense of responsibility. I was sometimes wrong, but I never regretted my decisions.

#2 I wanted to become a translator, and Italian was a more practical choice than French. I had spent a month and a half in Italy with my mom and her family in 2002, and I had come away thinking Italy was a welcoming, culturally and historically rich country.

#3 I wanted to spend the year learning Italian in Perugia, a city between Florence and Rome. I’d been living away from home for almost two years, working, and getting good grades. I was an adult and could take care of myself.

#4 I was the stereotypical awkward teenager, and I never really fit in with the more mainstream kids at my high school. I made friends with a more mainstream group of kids, and I was drawn to them because they were so cohesively together.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Mar 25, 2022
• ISBN: 9781669372769

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Insights on Amanda Knox's Waiting to Be Heard

Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

I was 19 years old, and I had never seen my parents sit at the same table. I was preoccupied by independence, and I trusted my sense of responsibility. I was sometimes wrong, but I never regretted my decisions.

#2

I wanted to become a translator, and Italian was a more practical choice than French. I had spent a month and a half in Italy with my mom and her family in 2002, and I had come away thinking Italy was a welcoming, culturally and historically rich country.

#3

I wanted to spend the year learning Italian in Perugia, a city between Florence and Rome. I’d been living away from home for almost two years, working, and getting good grades. I was an adult and could take care of myself.

#4

I was the stereotypical awkward teenager, and I never really fit in with the more mainstream kids at my high school. I made friends with a more mainstream group of kids, and I was drawn to them because they were so cohesively together.

#5

I was well-meaning and thoughtful, but I put a lot of pressure on myself to do what I thought was right. I wanted to come back from Italy stronger and surer of myself. I had decided I needed to change that.

#6

I had told my friends back home that I couldn’t see myself sleeping with some random guy who didn’t matter to me. But Cristiano was a game changer. We didn’t have a condom, so we didn’t actually have intercourse. But we were making out, fooling around like crazy, when I realized I didn’t even know this guy.

#7

I was always trusting of people, which was why I thought our driver was a decent guy. But he was actually a few years younger than my dad.

#8

I had a ridiculous amount of self-confidence. I had never been in a physical fight in my life, and I didn’t know how to protect Deanna if the ride had gone wrong. I was nervous about finding an apartment in Perugia.

#9

I found the house I would be renting, and it was close to the university. It was worth the expensive rent. I was excited to meet my future roommates, Laura and Filomena Romanelli.

#10

I was excited to return to Perugia, but I was also chastened by my first visit. I vowed to be more careful in the future. After my luck had changed in finding the villa, I had a stroke of bad.

#11