The Resource A house in the sky : a memoir, Amanda Lindhout and Sara Corbett
A house in the sky : a memoir, Amanda Lindhout and Sara Corbett
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- Summary
- "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"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First Scribner hardcover edition.
- Extent
- 373 pages
- Isbn
- 9781451645606
- Label
- A house in the sky : a memoir
- Title
- A house in the sky
- Title remainder
- a memoir
- Statement of responsibility
- Amanda Lindhout and Sara Corbett
- Subject
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- trueVoyages and travels
- Hostages -- Somalia
- Hostages -- Somalia -- Biography
- trueJournalists
- Journalists
- trueJournalists -- Canada
- Journalists -- Canada -- Biography
- Lindhout, Amanda
- Lindhout, Amanda
- Since 1991
- Somalia
- trueSomalia -- History -- 1991-
- trueSurvival
- trueTorture
- Autobiographies
- Autobiographies
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Personal Memoirs
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Political
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Women
- Biography
- Canada
- trueCaptivity
- trueCarjacking
- History
- Hostages
- trueHostages
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "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"--
- Award
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- Booklist Editors' Choice, 2013.
- LibraryReads Favorites, 2013
- New York Times Notable Book, 2013
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Biography type
- autobiography
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10217184
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Lindhout, Amanda
- Dewey number
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- 070.92
- B
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Corbett, Sara
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Lindhout, Amanda
- Journalists
- Hostages
- Somalia
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
- Lindhout, Amanda
- Hostages
- Journalists
- Canada
- Somalia
- Label
- A house in the sky : a memoir, Amanda Lindhout and Sara Corbett
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocn816512740
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First Scribner hardcover edition.
- Extent
- 373 pages
- Isbn
- 9781451645606
- Lccn
- 2013016015
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)816512740
- Label
- A house in the sky : a memoir, Amanda Lindhout and Sara Corbett
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocn816512740
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First Scribner hardcover edition.
- Extent
- 373 pages
- Isbn
- 9781451645606
- Lccn
- 2013016015
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)816512740
Subject
- trueVoyages and travels
- Hostages -- Somalia
- Hostages -- Somalia -- Biography
- trueJournalists
- Journalists
- trueJournalists -- Canada
- Journalists -- Canada -- Biography
- Lindhout, Amanda
- Lindhout, Amanda
- Since 1991
- Somalia
- trueSomalia -- History -- 1991-
- trueSurvival
- trueTorture
- Autobiographies
- Autobiographies
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Personal Memoirs
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Political
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Women
- Biography
- Canada
- trueCaptivity
- trueCarjacking
- History
- Hostages
- trueHostages
Genre
Included in
- trueLibraryReads Favorites: 2013
- trueNew York Times Notable Books - Nonfiction: 2013
- trueBooklist Editors' Choice - Best Social Sciences Books: 2013
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