A Long Awaited Book

For over two years now, Schapelle has been in the news at every opportunity the media has to include her name in a story. There have been hundreds of stories written about her, probably only half of them being true.

She has had her name drug through the mud by those who believe she is guilty, and she has been mocked by those who have little or no compassion for others.

In a few short weeks, she will finally have her chance to tell her story. Her own words, about her own situation. I'm going to copy and past the synopsis of the book which is written by Kathryn Bonella, a former producer of 60 Minutes. Bonella wrote the book with Schapelle in hopes of helping Schapelle to tell her story.

I strongly encourage everyone to buy this book. Give her a fair go. You have read all the media versions of things, at least have the decency to hear her side of the story. I have pre-ordered my copy of the book and anxiously await its arrival from Australia. Schapelle is a woman of great strength, courage and composure. I have no doubt that this book will be written with words from her heart. I know you will not regret reading her story.

The book has not yet been published. It is due to be published on November 10, 2006. I have heard rumours that the original print copy is near 120,000. The book is being published by Macmillan Australia. The Photo above along with the following Synopsis and Authors note have been taken from:

http://www.panmacmillan.com.au/display_title.asp?ISBN=1405037911&Author=Corby,%20Schapelle%20with%20Bonella,%20Kathryn

"When I flew to Bali on 8 October 2004, I imagined my biggest problem was going to be deciding which sarong to wear with which bikini... "

It was meant to be a holiday. A fun-filled break to a tropical paradise to celebrate a sister's birthday. But for Schapelle Corby it ended up a waking nightmare. She was arrested at Denpasar airport after 4.2 kilograms of marijuana was found in her boogie-board bag. Schapelle had become the real-life victim of every traveller's darkest fear - drugs had been placed in her bag after she checked it in. Though completely innocent, she was forced to face the consequences of someone else's crime in a country where the penalties for drug smuggling are among the harshest in the world.

Her trial and conviction became one of the biggest stories of the decade in Australia, and the entire nation watched in horror as she was sentenced to twenty years in jail. Yet despite the huge media coverage, the one voice we never properly heard was Schapelle's herself. Now, in this searing and utterly compelling book she tells her own story: of being wrenched from a carefree holiday into a stinking police cell, of an alien legal system where her attempts to prove herself innocent were thwarted at every turn, and of learning to survive - day by terrible day - in the squalor, discomfort and violence of a third-world jail.

Schapelle's story is an account like no other - of a young woman experiencing the unimaginable, and enduring the unendurable with courage, strength and humour. It's simply the most unforgettable book you'll ever read.


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Schapelle Corby has become one of the best-known names of the last decade, yet we, the public, know so little about her and the full horror of her ordeal. This book will change that. Read the book - she didn't do it.