The New York Times Bestselling Memoir Of A Woman Whose Curiosity Led Her To The Worldâs Most Remote Places And Then Into Fifteen Months Of Captivity: âexquisitely Toldâ¦a Young Womanâs Harrowing Coming-of-age Story And An Extraordinary Narrative Of Forgiveness And Spiritual Triumphâ (the New York Times Book Review). As A Child, Amanda Lindhout Escaped A Violent Household By Paging Through Issues Of National Geographic And Imagining Herself Visiting Its Exotic Locales. At The Age Of Nineteen, Working As A Cocktail Waitress, She Began Saving Her Tips So She Could Travel The Globe. Aspiring To Understand The World And Live A Significant Life, She Backpacked Through Latin America, Laos, Bangladesh, And India, And Emboldened By Each Adventure, Went On To Sudan, Syria, And Pakistan. In War-ridden Afghanistan And Iraq She Carved Out A Fledgling Career As A Television Reporter. And Then, In August 2008, She Traveled To Somaliaââthe Most Dangerous Place On Earth.â On Her Fourth Day, She Was Abducted By A Group Of Masked Men Along A Dusty Road. Held Hostage For 460 Days, Amanda Survives On Memoryâevery Lush Detail Of The World She Experienced In Her Life Before Captivityâand On Strategy, Fortitude, And Hope. When She Is Most Desperate, She Visits A House In The Sky, High Above The Woman Kept In Chains, In The Dark. Vivid And Suspenseful, As Artfully Written As The Finest Novel, A House In The Sky Is âa Searingly Unsentimental Account. Ultimately It Is Compassionâfor Her Naïve Younger Self, For Her Kidnappersâthat Becomes The Key To Lindhoutâs Survivalâ (o, The Oprah Magazine).
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Publisher : Scribner
Author : Lindhout, Amanda,Corbett, Sara
Language : English
Edition : Canadian Export
Published :2013-01-01
Number Of Pages : 400
Binding : Paperback
ISBN-10 : 1451651481
ISBN-13 : 9781451651485
Item weight : 0.79 lb
Dimensions : 1.18 in x 5.43 in x 8.27 in
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