Brittney Griner, the WNBA star known for her powerful presence both on and off the court, recently released a book aimed at empowering women to live with integrity.

However, the reception has not been as warm as she had hoped, leaving her feeling devastated.

In a poignant three-word message, Griner encapsulated her feelings: Wait and See.

Despite its noble intentions, the book has faced criticism.

Some reviewers felt that the content did not resonate as deeply as expected, while others argued that it lacked the depth necessary for such an important topic.

The disparity in reactions has undoubtedly affected Griner, who poured her heart into this project.

About Coming Home

From the nine-time womens basketball icon and two-time Olympic gold medalista raw, revelatory account of her unfathomable detainment in Russia and her journey home.

Compelling . . . An intimate, honest recollection of Griners time held captive in Russia. Coming Home reads as a deeply personal, publicly powerful documentation of what happenedwhat is still happeningto her body and mind. Slate

In Coming Home, Brittney finally shares the harrowing details of her sudden arrest days before Russia invaded Ukraine; her bewilderment and isolation while navigating a foreign legal system amid her trial and sentencing; her emotional and physical anguish as the first American woman ever to endure a Russian penal colony while the #WeAreBG movement rallied for her release; the chilling prisoner swap with Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout; and her remarkable rise from hostage to global spokesperson on behalf of Americas forgotten.

In haunting and vivid detail, Brittney takes readers inside the horrors of a geopolitical nightmare spanning ten months.

And yet Coming Home is more than Brittneys journey from captivity to freedom. In an account as gripping as it is poignant, she shares how her deep love for Cherelle, her college sweetheart and wife of six years, anchored her during their greatest storm; how her familys support pulled her back from the brink; and how hundreds of letters from friends and neighbors lent her resolve to keep fighting. Coming Home is both a story of survival and a testament to lovethe bonds that brought Brittney home to her family, and at last, to herself.

A visceral, harrowing account of what its like to be trapped inside Russias infamous criminal justice system, with its merciless judges and vast labor camps. The New York Times Book Review.