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In her memoir, "A House in the Sky," Amanda Lindhout recounts her experience as a young woman backpacking across the world, her aspirations as a journalist and the horrifying 15 months she spent in captivity as a hostage in Somalia. 


After her release, she decided to counter the horrific treatment she endured by 

 to feed and educate the Somali people. She is in town for an event co-hosted by Magers & Quinn Booksellers and the American Refugee Committee 

at the Loft Literary Center Tuesday evening

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In her memoir, Amanda Lindhout recounts her experience as a young woman backpacking across the world and the 15 months she spent in captivity as a hostage in Somalia.

Amanda Lindhout on surviving brutal 15-month captivity in Somalia

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