Unlikely Angel, Ashley Smith
Unlikely Angel, Ashley Smith
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Unlikely Angel
The Untold Story of the Atlanta Hostage Hero

Author: Ashley Smith, Stacy Mattingly

Narrator: Ashley Smith, Stacy Mattingly

Unabridged: 5 hr 44 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Zondervan

Published: 11/25/2005

Synopsis

"He believed that I was an angel sent from God."---Ashley SmithIn April 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 memoir, the 26-year-old widowed mother of a six-year-old girl shares for the first time the little-known details of her traumatic ordeal, and expands on how her faith and the bestselling book The Purpose-Driven® Life helped her survive and bring the killer's murderous rampage to a peaceful end.Just as she told her 6'1", 210-pound captor that his ultimate "purpose" in life was to end up spending the rest of his life in prison, preaching the teachings of Jesus Christ to his fellow inmates, Smith believes her own purpose is to spread that message of love to the rest of us. Juxtaposing the minute-by-minute tale of her experience with the never-before-told tragedies and triumphs of her own life, Unlikely Angel is a gripping tale of downfall and redemption, involving addiction, violence, death, loss, faith, and love. It is a story that will leave no reader untouched.

About Ashley Smith

By her own account, Ashley Smith is far from a hero. Yet today, her face is known around the world as the single mother who persuaded Brian Nichols, Atlanta’s courtroom killer, to surrender to police. Nichols called Ashley “an angel sent from God," but, ironically, it was Ashley’s less-than-angelic past that allowed her to convince him to face justice. Today, Ashley lives in Atlanta with her daughter Paige and husband Daniel. She is actively involved with her church, Blackshear Place Baptist Church, and its Celebrate Recovery ministry, and continues to speak nationally and tell the story of Unlikely Angel, which debuted at #15 on the New York Times Bestseller List and is now a major motion picture. According to her wishes, some of the proceeds from the book will be donated to a memorial fund that will honor the victims of the courthouse tragedy.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Abby

This book is by the woman held hostage by Brian Nichols back in 2005, when he escaped from an Atlanta courthouse, killing several people in the process. He held her hostage in her own apartment for 7 hours, and she talked him into surrendering peacefully. When I first skimmed this book, I figured ou......more

Goodreads review by Jerry

WOW! What an amazing story! This account is way more moving than the news reports; if you think you know what really happened, this book will tell you much more! I recommend it to all Christians (well, except the ones who can't handle such themes due to tragedies in their own lives).......more

Goodreads review by Melanie

Don't go into this thinking it's going to be a smooth read. She's not a writer, never professes to be, she just has a story to tell. It's generally fast-paced and interesting, though definitely not for those afraid of a little Christian thinking. She describes unnecessary details and dwells on things......more

Goodreads review by Eva-Marie

I have to admit how impressed I am with this book. I like Ashley Smith. I didn't think I would. I don't like, at this point in my life, many women who give their children up, women who use ice, women who loathe themselves so much it's coming out of their pores, but...I like Smith. She's just likable......more

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