They were also the authors — together with Amanda Berry and Gina DeJesus , two of the women kidnapped and held for nearly a decade by Ariel Castro in Cleveland — of '' Hope : A Memoir of Survival in Cleveland '' , published by Viking in April 2015 . The book reached the no. 1 position on '' The '' '' New York Times '' bestseller list on May 17 , 2015
two of the women kidnapped
Ariel Castro kidnappings
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