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The Weight of Sand: My 450 Days Held Hostage in the Sahara by Blais, Edith, is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
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A radiant, unforgettable memoir of one woman’s 450 days spent in captivity, and her defiant refusal to have her humanity stripped away. When Edith meets Luca in a small Northern town, the two connect instantly. Under the Northern Lights, they develop a deep friendship over their shared passions: travel, living off the land, a bohemian life. In search of wanderlust, they embark on an epic road trip from Italy to Togo, where they will join their friend’s sustainable farming project. Upon arriving on the African continent, they change their itinerary and drive through Africa’s Sahel region, a haven for militant groups, where they are surrounded and captured. Little was known about Edith’s and Luca’s fate until they reappeared in Mali more than one year later, having mysteriously escaped their captors. Now, Edith shares her harrowing story with the world for the first time—complete with the poems that became a lifeline for her in captivity, which she wrote in secret with a pen borrowed from another hostage. Against the stunning but cruel backdrop of the desert, Edith recounts her months as a hostage: the oppressive heat, violent sandstorms, constant relocations, hunger strikes, and her
Who reads The Weight of Sand: My 450 Days Held Hostage in the Sahara?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Blais, Edith,
- Publisher
- Greystone Books
- Published
- 2021
- Language
- EN
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Political Science, Social_sciences
- Rating
- 4.4 / 5 (119 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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