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Author Betancourt, Ingrid, 1961-

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

Publication Info. Detroit [Mich.] : Thorndike Press, 2011.

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Location Call No. Status
 East Windsor, Library Association of Warehouse Point - Adult Department  LARGE PRINT B BETANCOURT BET    Check Shelf
 Southington Library - Adult  LP B BETANCOURT    Check Shelf
Edition Large print edition.
Description 913 pages (large type) ; 22 cm.
Series Thorndike large print biography
Thorndike large print biography series.
Note Originally published: New York : Penguin Press, c2010.
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 horse -- Ferney -- Learning to weave -- Melanie's seventeenth birthday -- Resentment and remission -- The raid -- The cage -- Friends who come and go -- Voices from 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 pretty 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 -- My 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 powerful teachings of resilience, resistance, and faith. Born in Bogota, raised in France, Ingrid Betancourt gave up a life of comfort and safety to return to Colombia, a country that was being destroyed by terrorism, violence, fear and hopelessness. In 2002, while campaigning as a candidate in the Colombian presidential election, she was abducted by the FARC, a brutal terrorist guerilla organization. This is her deeply personal and moving account of her six-and-a-half year captivity. (Bestseller)
Language Translated from the French.
Note GMD: large print.
Subject Betancourt, Ingrid, 1961- -- Captivity, 2002-2008.
Betancourt, Ingrid, 1961- -- Kidnapping, 2002.
Hostages -- Colombia -- Biography.
Kidnapping victims -- Colombia -- Biography.
Political kidnapping -- Colombia.
Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia.
Women presidential candidates -- Colombia -- Biography.
Women legislators -- Colombia -- Biography.
Colombia -- Biography.
Colombia -- Politics and government -- 1974-
Large type books.
Added Title Même le silence a une fin. English
ISBN 9781410433503 lg. print hardback
1410433501 lg. print hardback
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