the women who broke free from cleveland 's ` house of horrors ' after a decade in captivity have revealed for the first time in their own words how they survived the traumatic ordeal .
amanda berry and gina dejesus recalled the years of rapes , torture and psychological games at the hands of ariel castro , a man who lived close to their homes in ohio , and managed to lure them into his house with trust because his daughters were the girls ' friends .
the brave survivors have written a book , hope : a memoir of survival in cleveland , which will be released on april 27 .