Ingrid Betancourt tells the story of her captivity in
the Colombian jungle, sharing powerful teachings of
resilience, resistance, and faith. Born in
Bogotá, raised in France, Ingrid Betancourt at the age of
thirty-two 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 a
pervasive sense of hopelessness. In 2002, while campaigning
as a candidate in the Colombian presidential elections, she
was abducted by the FARC. Nothing could have prepared her
for what came next. She would spend the next six and a half
years in the depths of the jungle as a prisoner of the FARC.
Even Silence Has an End is her deeply personal and
moving account of that time. Chained day and night for much
of her captivity, she never stopped dreaming of escape and,
in fact, succeeded in getting away several times, always to
be recaptured. In her most successful effort she and a
fellow captive survived a week away, but were caught when
her companion became desperately ill; she learned later that
they had been mere miles from freedom.
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. Attending as
intimately to the landscape of her mind as she does to the
events of her capture and captivity,
Even Silence Has an
End is a meditation on the very stuff of life-fear and
freedom, hope and what inspires it. Betancourt tracks her
metamorphosis, sharing how in the routines she established
for herself-listening to her mother and two children
broadcast to her over the radio, daily prayer-she was able
to do the unthinkable: to move through the pain of the
moment and find a place of serenity.
Freed in 2008
by the Colombian army, today Betancourt is determined to
draw attention to the plight of hostages and victims of
terrorism throughout the world and it is that passion that
motivates
Even Silence Has an End. The lessons she
offers here-in courage, resilience, and humanity-are gifts
to treasure.
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