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"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.
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Earnest, grave, contemporary and overwhelming.
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- gravecomic
- contemporarynostalgic
- cooloverwhelming
- classical in formformally daring
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About the book
- Author
- Amanda Lindhout, Sara Corbett
- First published
- 2013
- Pages
- 373
- Publisher
- Penguin Books, Limited, Scribner
- Editions
- 5
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781451651720
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