Does anyone remember the story about a lady taken hostage, who later convinced her captor to let her go after suggesting he read The Purpose Driven Life, a religious self help book? Here's an interesteing article...

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'Angel' in Atlanta. Last March, the news media, and the public at large, couldn't get enough of the story of Ashley Smith, a 27-year-old woman who convinced her captor, an alleged rapist and murderer, to release her after a seven-hour hostage ordeal.


To many, Smith was evidence of the presence of a divine hand. By talking of her faith and reading passages of The Purpose Driven Life, she had convinced a man - who just hours before had allegedly shot four people at a local courthouse - to let her go.


As it turns out, there is more to the story. In her new book, Unlikely Angel, Smith says she provided more than spiritual guidance to her captor. She gave him crystal methamphetamines.


This might come as a disappointment to some fans of Rick Warren's mega-bestseller. It's hard to tell at this point whether his prose or her drugs had a bigger impact on her captor's actions.


The admission, however, should do little to detract from Smith's story or diminish her stature. She never tried to hide her own troubled past, which included arrests for drunken driving and shoplifting. That she would have had illegal drugs in her home, and that she would have provided them on demand, is hardly surprising.


Smith's story shows that not only can first appearances be deceiving, they can also be less interesting than the complete story that emerges later.
F L E S H Reviewed by F L E S H on . Angel my ass! Does anyone remember the story about a lady taken hostage, who later convinced her captor to let her go after suggesting he read The Purpose Driven Life, a religious self help book? Here's an interesteing article... http://news.yahoo.com/s/usatoday/20050930/cm_usatoday/afterfurtherreview 'Angel' in Atlanta. Last March, the news media, and the public at large, couldn't get enough of the story of Ashley Smith, a 27-year-old woman who convinced her captor, an alleged rapist and murderer, to Rating: 5