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Even silence has an end : my six years of captivity in the Colombian jungle / Ingrid Betancourt.

Author: Betancourt, Ingrid, 1961-

Imprint:New York : Penguin Press, 2011.

Description528 p. ; 24 cm.

Note:Escaping the cage -- Farewell -- The abduction -- "El Mocho" Cesar -- Sonia's camp -- The death of my father -- Falling into the abyss -- Taming the hornets -- The strains of communal life -- Proof of life -- The little wooden horse -- Ferney -- Learning to weave -- Melanie's seventeenth birthday -- Resentment and remission -- The raid -- The cage -- Friends who come and go -- Voices from the outside -- A visit from Joaquin Gomez -- Second proof of life -- The fortune-teller -- An unexpected encounter -- Giovanni's camp -- In the hands of the Shadow -- Sombra's serenade -- The barbed wire -- The satellite antenna -- Inside the prison -- The arrival of the Americans -- The big row -- Roll call -- Human misery -- Lucho's illness -- A sad Christmas -- The bickering -- The chicken run -- Back in the prison -- Radio roundup -- Gloria's children -- The petty things of hell -- The dictionary -- My friend Lucho -- The child -- The strike -- Birthdays -- The big departure -- Hepatitis -- Guillermo's frisk -- Unexpected support -- The hammock -- Selling hope -- The group of ten -- The endless march -- The chains -- The honeymoon -- At the gates of hell -- Descent into hell -- The devil -- Now or never -- The escape -- Freedom -- The choice -- The end of the dream -- Punishment -- The retreat -- The eggs -- Monster -- Lucho's heart -- Pinchao's escape -- The death of Pinchao -- The friend Marc -- The ban -- The letters -- The separation -- Stroking death -- Third proof of life -- Lucho's release -- The disagreement -- The sacred heart -- The trick -- The end of silence.



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