Hey, it's NPR's book of the day. I'm Andrew Limbaung. Brittany Griner is on the pot today.

She's the WNBA star that was locked up in a Russian prison in 2022. Her memoir detailing the

experience is titled Coming Home. And in this first part of the interview with NPR's

Wanda Summers, I think you can hear in Grander's voice how lonely it all was.

Like, yeah, over here in the States, we were talking about it a lot, you know, at news and at dinner.

But that's hard to hear when you're in a jail cell in a different part of the world.

That interview after the break.

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If you were paying attention to the news in 2022, then you know this story.

WNBA All-Star Brittany Griner was apparently detained last month.

Britney Griner's detention in Russia has been extended now based on reports.

...convicted today on drug charges in Russia.

Today, a Russian judge gave her a nine-year sentence after the U.S. and Russia worked out a swap deal.

Their WNBA star Brittany Griner is headed home.

But the story we didn't know was how Phoenix Mercury star Brittany Greiner felt throughout her ordeal,

being convicted in Russia on drug charges and eventually released in a prisoner swap.

I spoke with Greiner, who's sharing that story in heart-wrenching detail for the first time.

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