A House in the SkyA House in the Sky is the poignant and uplifting memoir of a young woman surviving a kidnapping in Somalia. At eighteen, Amanda Lindhout left her Canadian hometown for the big city, saving tips as a waitress to travel the globe. In war ridden Afghanistan and Iraq, she carved out a fledgling career as a reporter. In August 2008, she travelled to Somalia to report on the fighting and was abducted. Her story illuminates the psychology, motivations, and