A house in the sky
(Audiobook on CD)
Author
Contributors
Corbett, Sara, Author
Published
Prince Frederick, MD : Recorded Books, [2013].
Status
Shirlington - Adult Audiobooks
CD B LINDHOU A
1 available
CD B LINDHOU A
1 available
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Published
Prince Frederick, MD : Recorded Books, [2013].
Format
Audiobook on CD
Physical Desc
11
Language
English
Notes
Participants/Performers
Narrated by the author.
Description
"The spectacularly dramatic memoir of a woman whose curiosity about the world led her from rural Canada to imperiled and dangerous countries on every continent, and then into fifteen months of harrowing captivity in Somalia--a story of courage, resilience, and extraordinary grace.At the age of eighteen, Amanda Lindhout moved from her hardscrabble Alberta hometown to the big city--Calgary--and worked as a cocktail waitress, saving her tips so she could travel the globe. As a child, she escaped a violent household by paging through National Geographic and imagining herself in its exotic locales. Now she would see those places for real. She backpacked through Latin America, Laos, Bangladesh, and India, and emboldened by each experience, went on to travel solo across Sudan, Syria, and Pakistan. In war-ridden Afghanistan and Iraq she carved out a fledgling career as a TV reporter. And then, in August 2008, she traveled to Mogadishu, Somalia--"the most dangerous place on earth"--to report on the fighting there. On her fourth day in the country, she and her photojournalist companion were abducted. An astoundingly intimate and harrowing account of Lindhout's fifteen months as a captive, A House in the Sky illuminates the psychology, motivations, and desperate extremism of her young guards and the men in charge of them. She is kept in chains, nearly starved, and subjected to unthinkable abuse. She survives by imagining herself in a "house in the sky," looking down at the woman shackled below, and finding strength and hope in the power of her own mind. Lindhout's decision, upon her release, to counter the violence she endured by founding an organization to help the Somali people rebuild their country through education is a wrenching testament to the capacity of the human spirit and an astonishing portrait of the power of compassion and forgiveness"--,Provided by publisher.
System Details
Compact disc.
Subjects
LC Subjects
Hizbul Islam (Organization)
Hostages -- Somalia -- Biography.
Insurgency -- Somalia -- History -- 20th century.
Islamic fundamentalism -- Somalia.
Journalists -- Canada -- Biography.
Kidnapping -- Somalia.
Lindhout, Amanda.
Somalia -- History -- 1991-
Television journalists -- Canada -- Biography.
War correspondents -- Canada -- Biography.
Hostages -- Somalia -- Biography.
Insurgency -- Somalia -- History -- 20th century.
Islamic fundamentalism -- Somalia.
Journalists -- Canada -- Biography.
Kidnapping -- Somalia.
Lindhout, Amanda.
Somalia -- History -- 1991-
Television journalists -- Canada -- Biography.
War correspondents -- Canada -- Biography.
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Lindhout, A., & Corbett, S. (2013). A house in the sky (Unabridged.). Recorded Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Lindhout, Amanda and Sara, Corbett. 2013. A House in the Sky. Recorded Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Lindhout, Amanda and Sara, Corbett. A House in the Sky Recorded Books, 2013.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Lindhout, Amanda,, and Sara Corbett. A House in the Sky Unabridged., Recorded Books, 2013.
Note! Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy. Citation formats are based on standards as of August 2021.
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