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High: My Prison Journey as One of the Infamous Peru Two
- Narrated by: Maeve Smyth
- Length: 10 hrs and 37 mins
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High: My Prison Journey as One of the Infamous Peru Two
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Publisher's Summary
The gritty prison memoir of Michaella McCollum, one half of the infamous 'Peru Two', imprisoned in a Peruvian jail for attempting to smuggle 11kg of cocaine from Peru to Madrid in August 2013.
She was just a regular girl, spending the summer working at a bar in Ibiza, until she was approached by a man who asked her if she'd like to make some quick, easy money...and it would change her life forever. This is the truth of her time in prison, told through her own diaries and letters to her mother, family and friends, recounting tales of vicious guards, psychotic inmates and horrendous prison conditions.
A brilliantly affecting tale of a naïve young girl who starts out in the Ibiza party scene and comes of age in the dark heart of Peru, before finally emerging into the sun a stronger, more confident, mature young woman.
COMING SOON TO BBC THREE - 'HIGH', A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT MICHEALLA'S ARREST, CONVICTION, AND TIME IN A SOUTH AMERICAN PRISON
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- MarksWench
- 01-03-2022
Excellent all round!
Michaella’s story is something that happens way too often….she explains life in court and prison as it is in some countries….it must have been a horrific time for her….absolutely horrendous!! She is definitely one strong lass to have even come out of those places sane!! Honestly? I wouldn’t have lasted the first night….not a chance!!
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- Anonymous User
- 22-08-2021
Engrossing, turbulent and poignant
An amazing story! So many different themes. An amazing woman with a great story. I would definitely recommend
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- Toni Stocks
- 17-02-2022
Great book
A book of survival. Do the crime, Do the time and time they did. prisons in other countries are not pretty and it's time people realised this point. They did what they had to do to survive and a they have made the most of their chances. a great book
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- Warrior
- 29-02-2020
She turned her life around!
Well done Michaella. You turned your life around.
Recommend this story to the empathetic and the young.
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- Nikki Brown
- 18-12-2021
great read
was so detailed, the book actually took you inside that prison, you just hang off every word
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- Nickie Brown
- 20-08-2022
Really interesting
Great narration, good warning story of Girl does time and comes out the other end.
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- Jason
- 12-08-2023
Enjoyed it
For some reason I didn't know anything about the Peru 2, so it was good going into this book with no preconceived opinions. It was a great story.
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- sue.g
- 19-12-2021
Great story!
I absolutely love this book. It was such a good, honest, heartbreaking, loving, cleverly written true story about how one mistake can change your life and the ones you love forever. Michealla keep her wits about her to prevent herself from getting caught up in the whole toxic prison web and not to be consumed in the abyss of it all. A Great story of a courageous young woman surviving in such a corrupt system where females sell themselves to keep themselves alive.
Maeve Smith was amazing how she narrated this book, I take my hat off to her in fact I had to double check to see if it wasn’t Michaella McCollum reading the book, as she read it like she had gone through this whole saga herself. I would love to know what other stories she narrates as she was brilliant.
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- Anonymous User
- 06-06-2021
Astounding story, excellent narration
Loved the writing and narration, couldn't stop listening. Michaela is honest, gritty and brave in telling her story.
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- Anonymous User
- 29-12-2021
an easy listen
good to listen to while gaming or driving, doesn't require too much focus.
listened to after watching Dopesick, addiction wasn't the main topic, more just about the process of being a young drug mule and her life as an inmate in Peru.
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