EVEN SILENCE HAS AN END

Even Silence Has An End by Ingrid Betancourt - This is the first person account of a French Columbian woman who was running for president in Columbia, and was kidnapped by uneducated Guerillas belonging to a revolutionary group called FARC, supported by Columbian drug lords who kept her hostage for six years. It is a harrowing tale of human survival and determination. Ingrid's spirit is indomitable. She was completely obsessed by the idea that she had to get home to her children. She made escape attempts, she survived sickness, she survived cruelty, she survived animosity from guards and fellow captives alike, she survived hunger, she survived being chained up, and still she prevailed, and just as she was losing hope, after six years, the story of her rescue is amazing. This story will stay with me for a long time, and there is as much to the story between the lines as there is in the literal words that Ingrid chooses to use as she describes her relationships with the many other hostages.