{"product_id":"a-house-in-the-sky-9781451645613","title":"A House in the Sky","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Exquisitely told...A young woman's harrowing coming-of-age story and an extraordinary narrative of forgiveness and spiritual triumph.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAmanda Lindhout's unforgettable hostage memoir recounts her fifteen-month abduction in Somalia and her extraordinary journey toward hope and redemption in this powerful true story of survival, resilience, and forgiveness.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs a child, Amanda Lindhout escaped a violent household by paging through issues of \u003ci\u003eNational Geographic\u003c\/i\u003e 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 Somalia--\"the most dangerous place on earth.\" On her fourth day, she was abducted by a group of masked men along a dusty road. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHeld hostage for 460 days, Amanda 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 woman kept in chains, in the dark. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eVivid and suspenseful, this gripping survival memoir is \"a searingly unsentimental account. Ultimately it is compassion--for her naïve younger self, for her kidnappers--that becomes the key to Lindhout's survival\" (\u003ci\u003eO, The Oprah Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Amanda Lindhout,Sara Corbett\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scribner Book Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/17\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.50w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781451645613\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeople Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/14\/2014 pg. 72\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/13\/2014 pg. 24\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAmanda Lindhout is the founder of the Global Enrichment Foundation, a nonprofit organization that supports development, aid, and education initiatives in Somalia and Kenya. For more information, visit AmandaLindhout.com and GlobalEnrichmentFoundation.com. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSara Corbett is a contributing writer to \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e. Her work has also appeared in \u003ci\u003eNational Geographic\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eElle\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eOutside\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eO, The Oprah Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eMother Jones\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Amanda Lindhout \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47644897738909,"sku":"9781451645613","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_d9536321-b2f4-49cd-8d48-11f1a73a52ec.jpg?v=1770748805","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/a-house-in-the-sky-9781451645613","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}