Adnans Story, Rabia Chaudry
Adnans Story, Rabia Chaudry
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Adnan's Story
The Search for Truth and Justice After Serial

Bestseller

Author: Rabia Chaudry

Narrator: Rabia Chaudry

Unabridged: 14 hr 30 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/09/2016


Synopsis

After more than twenty years in prison, Adnan Syed’s murder conviction was overturned, and he was finally set free. Rabia Chaudry’s New York Times bestseller and award-winner Adnan’s Story reveals how the case was mishandled and became the subject of Sarah Koenig’s Peabody Award-winning podcast Serial.

In early 2000, Adnan Syed was convicted and sentenced to life plus thirty years for the murder of his ex-girlfriend Hae Min Lee, a high school senior in Baltimore, Maryland. Syed has maintained his innocence, and Rabia Chaudry, a family friend, has always believed him. By 2013, after almost all appeals had been exhausted, Rabia contacted Sarah Koenig, a producer at This American Life, in hopes of finding a journalist who could shed light on Adnan’s story. In 2014, Koenig's investigation turned into Serial, a Peabody Award-winning podcast with more than 500 million international listeners.

But Serial did not tell the whole story. In this compelling narrative, Rabia Chaudry presents key evidence that she maintains dismantles the State’s case: a potential new suspect, forensics indicating Hae was killed and kept somewhere for almost half a day, and documentation withheld by the State that destroys the cell phone evidence—among many other points—and she shows how fans of Serial joined a crowd-sourced investigation into a case riddled with errors and strange twists. Featuring information about Adnan’s life in prison, and weaving in his personal reflections with never-before-seen letters, Rabia’s account is “a true story about real people. Adnan’s Story adds context and humanizes it in a way that could change how you think about the case and about Serial itself” (Los Angeles Times).

“Chaudry’s clear, vivid and highly readable account of the case will bring the story to life for readers unfamiliar with the podcast, and even the most devoted Serial fans will find fresh insight and a vast amount of new material. Chaudry’s legal training serves her well as she marshals her defense, but so too does the Pakistani heritage and Muslim faith she shares with Syed.” —Washington Post

About Rabia Chaudry

RABIA CHAUDRY is an attorney and partner at Chaudry & Anwer Immigration Law, a recent Jennings Randolph Fellow at the U.S. Institute of Peace, an International Security Fellow at the New America think tank, and a Fellow of the Shalom Hartman Institute. She is the co-host of Undisclosed, one of the top-ranked podcasts in the iTunes store with nearly 250 million downloads, and The 45th, with over four million downloads. She is a member of the National Muslim-Jewish Advisory Council and the Aspen Institute Vanguard Board. She is a frequent public speaker, and her writing has appeared in numerous outlets including Time.com, The Huffington Post, and the Chicago Sun-Times.


Reviews

Goodreads review by jv on June 21, 2024

I am so glad that I read this book, but at the same time, I almost long for my ignorance. It is easier to be unaware of how disturbingly incompetent and unconcerned the very people paid to "serve and protect" behaved. The outrage really sets in when it becomes glaringly obvious that the plethora of......more

Goodreads review by Mariah Roze on November 14, 2016

Wow! Wow! Wow! This book was great! First off, I should explain what interested me in this book. This book is based off of (kind of) the podcast Serial. My boyfriend kept trying to get me to listen to podcasts and I refused, due to always listening to books on CD instead. He convinced me to give Seri......more

Goodreads review by The Romance Book Disciple (Samantha) on September 16, 2016

Link to full review below! Wonderful read for anyone who has an interest in the legal system and its failings. You don't have to agree that Adnan is innocent to agree that some serious legal issues were in play here! Audio version was GREAT!See full review on The Book Disciple......more

Goodreads review by Rachel (TheShadesofOrange) on September 20, 2024

2.0 Stars Readers need to be aware that this book is seriously biased and take all the arguments with a huge boulder of salt. It was a compelling nartative when I first read but now it feels like the author is wearing a tinfoil hat while throwing theories at the wall, hoping something sticks......more

Goodreads review by Elizabeth on November 20, 2016

I loved Serial, and became really invested in case because of the podcast. However, the book was so all over the place, and although understandably (by yet still distractedly) bias, that it was really hard to take seriously. There were a few updates on the case that I hadn't already learned through......more


Quotes

"'Serial' barely scratched the surface of Adnan's case, and Chaudry's writing and narration show her skilled legal mind at work as she tries to piece together what happened." - AudioFile Magazine

"An attorney and family friend of Syed's, Chaudry had unprecedented access to the facts of the case. With the full intent on proving his innocence, Chaudry exposes startling new evidence about the investigation and trial - presenting new information any Serial fan will what to learn about. Narrated by the author, Adnan's Story is an authentic and impassioned account of one woman's quest for justice." - Audible.com, August Editors Select, Best New Release

Adnan's Story was one of Audible's Top Rated Audiobooks of 2016.


Awards

  • Washington Post Best Books of the Year
  • Goodreads Choice Awards