It was horrifyingly fascinating due to, what we must admit to straightaway, the great
The New York Times bestselling memoir of a woman whose curiosity led her to the worlds most remote places and then into fifteen months of captivity: Exquisitely toldA young womans harrowing coming of age story and an extraordinary narrative of forgiveness and spiritual triumph The New York Times Book .
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, she traveled to Somaliathe most dangerous place on earth, On her
fourth day, she was abducted by a group of masked men along a dusty road, Held hostage fordays, Amanda survives on memoryevery lush detail of the world she experienced in her life before captivityand 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 a searingly unsentimental account, Ultimately it is compassionfor her nave younger self, for her kidnappersthat becomes the key to Lindhouts survival O, The Oprah Magazine,
This was a very honestly written book, She was so vulnerable When Amanda Lindhout's parents split up, because her father was gay, her mother moved her and her two brothers from Red Deer to a small town called Sylvan Lake in Alberta, Canada.
She also moved in her lover, Russell, an aboriginal, and his brother, Her mother Lori was I loved this book because if the way in which it was written, The writing style was clear and kept one's attention, My main criticism is that no where does she do any critical analysis of the so called religion of peace that influenced her capture and treatment.
i hope Hollywood will make a movie based on this book, really great story. Well written and so, so interesting, Great book for those who love to travel, the adventures in here are a great read, and then once the kidnapping happenswell, I couldn't put it down! Not many books bring me to tears, but this one did.
I loved the early part of the book not so much the abusive family she grew up in, but her stories of survival and travel.
She wanted to see the world, created the wherewithal, and did, My favorite part was
Amanda Lindhout born June,is a Canadian humanitarian, public speaker and journalist, On August,, she and members of her entourage were kidnapped by Islamist insurgents in southern Somalia, She was releasedmonths later on November,, and has since embarked on a philanthropic career, In, she released the New York Times bestseller A House in the Sky: A Memoir, in which she recounts her early life, travels as a young adult, and hostage experience.
In, the book was optioned to become a major motion picture by Megan Ellison, with Rooney Mara playing the role of Lindhout,
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