As a child. Amanda Lindhout escaped a violent household by paging through issues of National Geographic and imagining herself visiting its exotic locales At the age of nineteen. working as a cocktail waitress. 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 survives on memory-every lush detail of the world she experienced..this is non fiction!
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