Brittney Griner’s New Memoir Recalls Russian Prison: ‘I Didn’t Know How Resilient I Was’

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Brittney Griner‘s book Coming Home was released on Tuesday. In the book, she details the ten months she spent detained in Russia. The 6’9 center for the Phoenix Mercury was held in the country she played basketball in after she accidentally packed THC vape cartridges in her luggage.

Griner, now 33, details the harsh conditions and the challenges of being in captivity. The world saw her trial, where a handcuffed Griner was taken back and forth to a courtroom...