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A House in the Sky
by Amanda Lindhout
Lindhout backpacked through countries such as India and Syria before working as a reporter in the Middle East. On a trip to war-torn Somalia in 2008, she was abducted and held captive for 460 days. Her gripping memoir documents her conversion to Islam, a dramatic escape and how her travel memories lifted her spirits during her darkest moments.