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The Sky Is Always There

Surviving a Kidnap in Chechnya

  • Paperback
  • 304 pages
  • Publisher: Canterbury Press
  • 15.6 x 23.4 x 1.6 cm

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For readers interested in true survival stories

Shares harrowing experiences of captivity and trauma

You will find inspiration in their strength and hope

This gripping memoir recounts survival and resilience during a kidnapping in Chechnya.

In April 1997-98 Camilla Carr and Jon James set off as volunteers in a A#500 Lada stacked high with toys, games, footballs, paints and a parachute. Their destination was Chechnya and their aim was to work with children who had been traumatised by war. After working for two months setting up and teaching in a rehabilitation centre and watching the children begin to smile and play again, they were kidnapped by Chechen guerrillas. There followed fourteen months of incarceration in a??homesa?? that varied from a concrete box with no natural light or fresh air, to a pink trompe la??oeil bedroom via a sauna and various cellars. They experienced everything from rape and mental torture to moments of compassion and kindness. They survived by using tools such as tai chi, yoga, meditation and humour; and through creating a dialogue with their captors, looking beneath their masks of fear and anger to reach the small flame of love and laughter unquenched by the demonising nature of war.
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  • Title

    The Sky Is Always There

  • Authors

    Camilla Carr +1

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Canterbury Press

  • Published

    March 2008

  • Weight

    418g

  • Page Count

    304

  • Dimensions

    15.6 x 23.4 x 1.6 cm

  • ISBN

    9781853118562

  • ISBN-10

    1853118567

  • Eden Code

    1141508

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