A House in the Sky
#1 International Bestseller · New York Times Bestseller
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.
Held hostage for 460 days, Amanda survives on memory—every lush detail of the world she experienced in her life before imprisonment—and on strategy, fortitude, and hope. When she is most desperate, she visits a house in the sky, high above the woman kept in chains, in the dark.
Held hostage for 460 days, Amanda survives on memory—every lush detail of the world she experienced in her life before imprisonment—and on strategy, fortitude, and hope. When she is most desperate, she visits a house in the sky, high above the woman kept in chains, in the dark.
"Vivid and suspenseful, as artfully written as the finest novel, A House in the Sky is “a searingly unsentimental account. Ultimately it is compassion—for her naïve younger self, for her kidnappers—that becomes the key to Lindhout’s survival"
O, The Oprah Magazine
"Exquisitely told…A young woman's harrowing coming-of-age story and an extraordinary narrative of forgiveness and spiritual triumph."
THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW
"One of the most powerfully written books I have ever read."
ELIZABETH GILBERT, Author of EAT, PRAY, LOVE
"A stunning story of strength and survival"
JEANNETTE WALLS, Author of THE GLASS CASTLE
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