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Can I read A House in the Sky on EtoBox?
A House in the Sky by Amanda Lindhout [Lindhout, Amanda] is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is A House in the Sky about?
The dramatic and redemptive memoir of a woman whose curiosity led her to the world’s most beautiful and remote places, its most imperiled and perilous countries, and then into fifteen months of harrowing captivity—an exquisitely written story of courage, resilience, and grace As a child, Amanda Lindhout escaped a violent household by paging through issues of National Geographic and imagining herself in its exotic locales. At the age of nineteen, working as a cocktail waitress in Calgary, Alberta, 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. Held hostage for 460 days, Amanda converts to Islam as a survival tactic, receives “wife lessons” from one of her captors, and risks a daring escape. Moved between a series of
Who reads A House in the Sky?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Amanda Lindhout [Lindhout, Amanda]
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Published
- 2013
- Language
- EN
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Travel, Travel Writing, Lifestyle
- Rating
- 4.21 / 5 (29 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14