Under an Afghan Sky
A Memoir of Captivity
|
On Sale:
|
13/06/2011
|
|
Formats:
E-Book | Hardback
|
|
|
|
|
In October 2008, Mellissa Fung, a reporter for CBC’s The National, was leaving a refugee camp outside of Kabul when she was kidnapped by armed men. She was forced to hike for several hours through the mountains until they reached a village; there, the kidnappers pushed her towards a hole in the ground. “No,” she said. “I am not going down there.”
For more than a month, Fung lived in that hole, which was barely tall enough to stand up in, nursing her injuries, praying and writing in a notebook. Under an Afghan Sky is the gripping tale of Fung’s days in captivity, surviving on cookies and juice, from the “grab” to her eventual release.
|
|
|
Author Extras
|
|
|
|
Under an Afghan Sky
In October 2008, Mellissa Fung, a long-time reporter for CBC’s The National , was leaving a refugee camp outside of Kabul. Suddenly, she was grabbed by armed men claiming to be Taliban, stabbed, stuffed into the back of a car and driven off into the desert. When the group finally reached a...
|
|
|
|