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A House in the Sky

By: Amanda Lindhout, Sara Corbett
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As a child, Amanda Lindhout escaped a violent household by paging through issues of National Geographic and imagining herself in its exotic locales. Later in life, in war-ridden Afghanistan and Iraq, she carved out a fledgling career as a television reporter. And then, in August 2008, she travelled 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 tortured woman kept in chains in the dark.

A House in the Sky is the searing and intimate story of an intrepid young woman and her search for compassion in the face of unimaginable adversity.

©2013 Amanda Lindhout and Sara Corbett. (P)2014 Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd Activists Politicians Politics & Activism Women Disappearance Middle East Iran War Africa Marriage

Critic reviews

'Moving and informative reading for everyone.' ( Library Journal)
'Writing with immediacy and urgency, Lindhout and Corbett recount the horrific ordeal in crisp, frank, evocative prose. But what readers will walk away with is an admiration for Lindhout’s deep reserves of courage under unimaginable circumstances.' ( Booklist)
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forgiveness and will to stay alive the durability of the human spirit. The human factor

forgiveness

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The book was very well written and the descriptions were so vivid. It was hard reading sbout what she went through. I'm not sure how many people would have survived such an ordeal. Exceptionally well narrated too.

Incredible story. I loved this book.

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This was my first audio book and i finish it in days! Her experience was carefully described and well documented. Can't wait for the movie to be out.

Great read!

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