Brittney Griner's Post-Detention Transition: A New Chapter

Before WNBA and Team USA superstar Brittney Griner was detained in Russia for 10 months in 2022, U.S. hostages abroad seemed like a distant problem, one she could never. NPR's Juana Summers speaks with WNBA star Brittney Griner on her new memoir Coming Home and returning to the U.S. after being detained in Russia. Brittney Griner's memoir "Coming Home" recalls the many months she spent in a Russian prison and how "resilient" she is. With her prison ordeal over, Brittney Griner will now face the challenge of transitioning back into life at home — where a strong support network will be critical, a mental. After her initial detainment, Griner was moved to a women’s detention center about two hours outside Moscow. When images of Griner were first broadcast around the world, her.

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with WNBA star Brittney Griner on her new memoir Coming Home and returning to the U.S. after being detained in Russia. When WNBA star Brittney Griner arrived at her county cell in Russia in 2022, despair washed over her. "I did not feel like a human at that point, and just everything was. In May 2022, the United States State Department declared that Griner had been “wrongfully detained,” initially hesitant due to Russia’s conflict with Ukraine. After a shift in. With her prison ordeal over, Brittney Griner will now face the challenge of transitioning back into life at home — where a strong support network will be critical, a mental. “Fear is one thing,” Griner writes in “Coming Home,” her new memoir, describing the stomach-curdling moment when an inspector seized her passport and told her to wait. “But. On May 7, Griner will publish her memoir “Coming Home,” written with Michelle Burford, documenting her harrowing ordeal in Russia and her return home. The book is brutal,. Brittney Griner shares her journey after release from Russian prison, including therapy sessions and a new book. She advocates for detainees. That line opens a chapter in the new memoir out tomorrow from WNBA baller Brittney Griner. The book is called "Coming Home." But during her 10-month detention in.

After her initial detainment, Griner was moved to a women’s detention center about two hours outside Moscow. When images of Griner were first broadcast around the world, her. That line opens a chapter in the new memoir out tomorrow from WNBA baller Brittney Griner. The book is called "Coming Home." But during her 10-month detention in. That line opens a chapter in the new memoir out tomorrow from WNBA baller Brittney Griner. The book is called "Coming Home." But during her 10-month detention in.