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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... read more

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I had made my decision to escape.

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1.ESCAPING THE CAGE
2.FAREWELL
3.THE ABDUCTION
4.“EL MOCHO” CESAR
5.SONIA’S CAMP
6.THE DEATH OF MY FATHER
7.FALLING INTO THE ABYSS
8.TAMING THE HORNETS
9.THE STRAINS OF COMMUNAL LIFE
10.PROOF OF LIFE
11.THE LITTLE WOODEN HOUSE
12.FERNEY
13.LEARNING TO WEAVE
14.MELANIE’S SEVENTEENTH BIRTHDAY
15.RESENTMENT AND REMISSION
16.THE RAID
17.THE CAGE
18.FRIENDS WHO COME AND GO
19.VOICES FROM THE OUTSIDE
20.A VISIT FROM JOAQUIN GOMEZ
21.SECOND PROOF OF LIFE
22.THE FORTUNE-TELLER
23.AN UNEXPECTED ENCOUNTER
24.GIOVANNI’S CAMP
25.IN THE HANDS OF THE SHADOW
26.SOMBRA’S SERENADE
27.THE BARBED WIRE
28.THE SATELLITE ANTENNA
29.INSIDE THE PRISON
30.THE ARRIVAL OF THE AMERICANS
31.THE BIG ROW
32.ROLL CALL
33.HUMAN MISERY
34.LUCHO’S ILLNESS
35.A SAD CHRISTMAS
36.THE BICKERING
37.THE CHICKEN RUN
38.BACK IN THE PRISON
39.RADIO ROUNDUP
40.GLORIA’S CHILDREN
41.THE PETTY THINGS OF HELL
42.THE DICTIONARY
43.MY FRIEND LUCHO
44.THE CHILD
45.THE STRIKE
46.BIRTHDAYS
47.THE BIG DEPARTURE
48.HEPATITIS
49.GUILLERMO’S FRISK
50.UNEXPECTED SUPPORT
51.THE HAMMOCK
52.SELLING HOPE
53.THE GROUP OF TEN
54.THE ENDLESS MARCH
55.THE CHAINS
56.THE HONEYMOON
57.AT THE GATES OF HELL
58.DESCENT INTO HELL
59.THE DEVIL
60.NOW OR NEVER
61.THE ESCAPE
62.FREEDOM
63.THE CHOICE
64.THE END OF THE DREAM
65.PUNISHMENT
66.THE RETREAT
67.THE EGGS
68.MONSTER
69.LUCHO’S HEART
70.PINCHAO’S ESCAPE
71.THE DEATH OF PINCHAO
72.THE FRIEND MARC
73.THE BAN
74.THE LETTERS
75.THE SEPARATION
76.STROKING DEATH
77.THIRD PROOF OF LIFE
78.LUCHO’S RELEASE
79.THE DISAGREEMENT
80.THE SACRED HEART
81.THE TRICK
82.THE END OF SILENCE

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  1. Ingrid Betancourt (Author)

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