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Ingrid Betancourt discusses Even Silence Has An End

Start: Thu, 10/21/2010 - 7:00pm

End: Thu, 10/21/2010 - 8:30pm

Ingrid Betancourt discusses her memoir Even Silence Has An End

Time: Thursday October 21, 2010 7:00 p.m.
Location: Unity Temple on The Plaza, 707 W. 47th Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64112.

Author: Born December 25, 1961, in Bogotá, Colombia, Ingrid Betancourt was a politician and presidential candidate celebrated for her determination to combat widespread corruption. In 2002 she was taken hostage by the FARC, a brutal terrorist guerrilla organization. For more than six and a half years, the FARC held her hostage in the Colombian jungle. She was rescued on July 2, 2008.

Title: Even Silence Has An End, $29.95 Hardcover, ISBN 9781594202650, On Sale Date: September 7, 2010.

Ingrid Betancourt tells the story of her captivity in the Colombian jungle, sharing powerful teachings of resilience, resistance, and faith.

Born in Bogota, raised in France, Ingrid Betancourt at the age of thirty-two gave up a life of comfort and safety to return to Colombia to become a political leader in a country that was being slowly destroyed by terrorism, violence, fear, and a pervasive sense of hopelessness. In 2002, while campaigning as a candidate in the Colombian presidential elections, she was abducted by the FARC. Nothing could have prepared her for what came next. She would spend the next six and a half years in the depths of the jungle as a prisoner of the FARC. Even Silence Has an End is her deeply personal and moving account of that time. Chained day and night for much of her captivity, she never stopped dreaming of escape and, in fact, succeeded in getting away several times, always to be recaptured. In her most successful effort she and a fellow captive survived a week away, but were caught when her companion became desperately ill; she learned later that they had been mere miles from freedom.

The facts of her story are astounding, but it is Betancourt's indomitable spirit that drives this very special account, bringing life, nuance, and profundity to the narrative. Attending as intimately to the landscape of her mind as she does to the events of her capture and captivity, Even Silence Has an End is a meditation on the very stuff of life-fear and freedom, hope and what inspires it. Betancourt tracks her metamorphosis, sharing how in the routines she established for herself-listening to her mother and two children broadcast to her over the radio, daily prayer-she was able to do the unthinkable: to move through the pain of the moment and find a place of serenity.

Freed in 2008 by the Colombian army, today Betancourt is determined to draw attention to the plight of hostages and victims of terrorism throughout the world and it is that passion that motivates Even Silence Has an End. The lessons she offers here-in courage, resilience, and humanity-are gifts to treasure.

What: Ingrid Betancourt will tell her amazing story, answer audience questions, and autograph copies of Even Silence Has An End purchased from Rainy Day Books, on our website and / or at our Author Event.

When: Thursday October 21, 2010, 7:00 PM

Where: A Rainy Day Books Author Event at Unity Temple on The Plaza, 707 W. 47th Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64112

Admission Package: $29.95 plus Tax, includes from Rainy Day Books, One (1) Stamped Ticket, One (1) Guest Ticket (if needed) and One (1) Copy of Even Silence Has An End (Hardcover) to be Autographed. To place your order, use the Add To Cart feature below.

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Location:

Unity Temple on The Plaza
707 W. 47th Street
Kansas City, Missouri 64112