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Even silence has an end : my six years of captivity in the Colombian jungle / Ingrid Betancourt.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: New York : Penguin Press, 2010.Description: 528 pages ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9781594202650
  • 1594202656
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 986.106/34092
LOC classification:
  • 105 F 2279.22 B562e 2010
Contents:
Escaping the cage Farewell The abduction "El Mocho" Cesar Sonia's camp The death of my father Falling into the abyss Taming the hornets The strains of communal life Proof of life The little wooden house Ferney Learning to weave Melanie's seventeenth birthday Resentment and remission The raid The cage Friends who come and go Voices form the outside A visit from Joaquín Gómez Second proof of life The fortune-teller An unexpected encounter Giovanni's camp In the hands of the shadow Sombra's serenade The barbed wire The satellite antenna Inside the prison The arrival of the Americans The big row Roll call Human misery Lucho's illness A sad Christmas The bickering The chicken run Back in the prison Radio roundup Gloria's children The petty things of Hell The dictionary My friend Lucho The child The strike Birthdays The big departure Hepatitis Guillermo's frisk Unexpected support The hammock Selling hope The group of ten The endless march The chains The honeymoon At the gates of Hell Descent into Hell The devil Now or never The escape Freedom The choice The end of the dream Punishment The retreat The eggs Monster Lucho's heart Pinchao's escape The death of Pinchao The friend Marc The ban The letters The separation Stroking death Third proof of life Lucho's release The disagreement The Sacred Heart The trick The end of silence
Summary: Ingrid Betancourt tells the story of her captivity in the Colombian jungle, sharing teachings of resilience, resistance, and faith. Born in Bogotá, raised in France, Betancourt at age 32 gave up a life of comfort and safety to return to Colombia to become a political leader in a country that was being slowly destroyed by terrorism, violence, fear, and hopelessness. In 2002, while a candidate in the Colombian presidential elections, she was abducted by the FARC. She spent the next six and a half years in the depths of the jungle as their prisoner. Chained day and night for much of her captivity, she succeeded in getting away several times, always to be recaptured. The facts of her story are astounding, but it is Betancourt's indomitable spirit that drives this very special account, bringing life, nuance, and profundity to the narrative.--From publisher description.
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Escaping the cage
Farewell
The abduction
"El Mocho" Cesar
Sonia's camp
The death of my father
Falling into the abyss
Taming the hornets
The strains of communal life
Proof of life
The little wooden house
Ferney
Learning to weave
Melanie's seventeenth birthday
Resentment and remission
The raid
The cage
Friends who come and go
Voices form the outside
A visit from Joaquín Gómez
Second proof of life
The fortune-teller
An unexpected encounter
Giovanni's camp
In the hands of the shadow
Sombra's serenade
The barbed wire
The satellite antenna
Inside the prison
The arrival of the Americans
The big row
Roll call
Human misery
Lucho's illness
A sad Christmas
The bickering
The chicken run
Back in the prison
Radio roundup
Gloria's children
The petty things of Hell
The dictionary
My friend Lucho
The child
The strike
Birthdays
The big departure
Hepatitis
Guillermo's frisk
Unexpected support
The hammock
Selling hope
The group of ten
The endless march
The chains
The honeymoon
At the gates of Hell
Descent into Hell
The devil
Now or never
The escape
Freedom
The choice
The end of the dream
Punishment
The retreat
The eggs
Monster
Lucho's heart
Pinchao's escape
The death of Pinchao
The friend Marc
The ban
The letters
The separation
Stroking death
Third proof of life
Lucho's release
The disagreement
The Sacred Heart
The trick
The end of silence

Ingrid Betancourt tells the story of her captivity in the Colombian jungle, sharing teachings of resilience, resistance, and faith. Born in Bogotá, raised in France, Betancourt at age 32 gave up a life of comfort and safety to return to Colombia to become a political leader in a country that was being slowly destroyed by terrorism, violence, fear, and hopelessness. In 2002, while a candidate in the Colombian presidential elections, she was abducted by the FARC. She spent the next six and a half years in the depths of the jungle as their prisoner. Chained day and night for much of her captivity, she succeeded in getting away several times, always to be recaptured. The facts of her story are astounding, but it is Betancourt's indomitable spirit that drives this very special account, bringing life, nuance, and profundity to the narrative.--From publisher description.

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