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A House in the Sky: A Memoir of a Kidnapping That Changed Everything by Amanda Lindhout, Sara Corbett (Paperback, 2014)
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As a child, Amanda Lindhout escaped a violent household by paging through issues ofNational Geographic and imagining herself in its exotic locales.
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The inspiring story of a woman who survived kidnap and being held captive for a year in war-torn Somalia . . . A House in the Sky is the dramatic and redemptive memoir of Amanda Lindhout, a woman whose curiosity led her to the world's most beautiful and remote places, its most imperiled and perilous countries, and then into fifteen months of harrowing captivity-an exquisitely written story of courage, resilience, and grace. As a child, Amanda Lindhout escaped a violent household by paging through issues of National Geographic and imagining herself in 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 Somalia- the most dangerous place on earth. On her fourth day, she was abducted by a group of masked men along a dusty road. Held hostage for 460 days, Amanda converts to Islam as a survival tactic, receives wife lessons from one of her captors, and risks a daring escape. Moved between a series of abandoned houses in the desert, she survives on memory-every lush detail of the world she experienced in her life before captivity-and 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, being tortured. Vivid and suspenseful, as artfully written as the finest novel, A House in the Sky is the searingly intimate story of an intrepid young woman and her search for compassion in the face of unimaginable adversity. For fans of the award-winning blockbuster Captain Phillips and readers of Kate McCann's Madeleine, Natasha Kampusch's 3,096 Days and Greg Mortenson's Three Cups of Tea.Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Books LTD
ISBN-139780670920860
eBay Product ID (ePID)221218793
Product Key Features
Book TitleA House in the Sky: a Memoir of a Kidnapping That Changed Everything
Number of Pages384 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2014
TopicMemorials
GenreBiographies & True Stories
AuthorAmanda Lindhout, Sara Corbett
FormatPaperback
Dimensions
Item Height198 mm
Item Weight266 g
Item Width129 mm
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorAmanda Lindhout, Sara Corbett
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- 05 Oct, 2017
why do people go to danger zones ?
if you want to draw a lesson from this well written book it is simple -don't go to places where you might be kidnapped -it might go badly for you and your family at home.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 29 Aug, 2018
looks interesting
Not read it yet but looking forward to doing so. The reviews look good.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 15 Jan, 2017
Good!!
Great value for money, would recommend. ThanksVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
