A House in the Sky: A Memoir

A House in the Sky: A Memoir

BREAKING NEWS: Amanda Lindhoutâ‚¬s lead kidnapper, Ali Omar Ader, has been caught.

Amanda Lindhout wrote about her fifteen month abduction in Somalia in A House in the Sky. It is the New York Times bestselling memoir of a woman whose curiosity led her to the worldâ‚¬s most remote places and then into captivity: â‚¬Å“Exquisitely toldâ‚¬Â¦A young womanâ‚¬s harrowing coming-of-age story and an extraordinary narrative of forgiveness and spiritual triumphâ‚¬Â (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 Somaliaâ‚¬"â‚¬Å“the most dangerous place on earth.â‚¬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 memoryâ‚¬"every lush detail of the world she experienced in her life before captivityâ‚¬"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.

Vivid and suspenseful, as artfully written as the finest novel, A House in the Sky is â‚¬Å“a searingly unsentimental account. Ultimately it is compassionâ‚¬"for her naÂ¯ve younger self, for her kidnappersâ‚¬"that becomes the key to Lindhoutâ‚¬s survivalâ‚¬Â (O, The Oprah Magazine).
Country USA
Brand Scribner Book Company
Manufacturer Scribner
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9781451645613
ReleaseDate 2014-06-17
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781451645613

Country	USA
Brand	Scribner Book Company
Manufacturer	Scribner
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9781451645613
ReleaseDate	2014-06-17
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781451645613

A House in the Sky: A Memoir

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