A House In The Sky by Jim Corbett, Lindhout, Amanda
A Memoir of Survival
A young Canadian journalist on assignment in Somalia is abducted by militants and held captive for over a year, enduring severe physical and psychological abuse while relying on memory, imagination and small acts of resistance to survive; the memoir traces her transformation from idealistic traveler to traumatized survivor and follows her difficult path toward healing, reconciliation and later advocacy.
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- Published
- 2013
- Nationality
- Canadian
- Length
- Moderate
- Pages
- 400
- Original Language
- English
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