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This liberation - the bravery, generosity and love of the people who carried it out – was the most extraordinary moment of my life.

In hindsight I realize that - despite my numerous escape attempts - I was never supposed to escape. And for a while, I thought I would never recover. And it was in these pages that I saw the photo of my father’s funeral. I had asked permission from the guards to read the pages of newspaper - I had no news from the outside world as at the time I had no radio. One day, there was an unexpected and very unusual arrival of cabbages in the camp - they were wrapped in newspapers. When I learned of his passing in the jungle, it broke me - of course I knew my father would die one day, but I had never imagined it possible that I would not be by his side, holding his hand, when the moment came. But perhaps the most painful memory was reliving my father’s passing away. Sometimes the cruelty and brutality of my captors seemed to know no bounds. What was the most painful memory to relive? In a way it has helped give a meaning to my six and a half years of captivity. But now the book is complete, I know it was the right thing to do. Only then could I hope to convey to the reader my experience.ĭoing so was very painful. I knew the only way I could write this book was to shut myself off from the world and accept to take myself back into the jungle. What was the hardest part about writing your book? She recently answered questions by e-mail.

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Cost is $25 and advance registration is advised (85 She’ll be the Neurosciences Institute in La Jolla Wednesday at 7 p.m. “Even Silence Has An End,” published last month, is her harrowing memoir. Ingrid Betancourt was running for president of Colombia in 2002 when she was kidnapped by guerrillas and held in the Amazon jungle for more than 6 years. Where: The Neurosciences Institute, 10640 John Jay Hopkins DriveĬost: $25, advance registration advised (85 What: Discussion with Peter Smith, UCSD political science professor

Who: Ingrid Betancourt, author of “Even Silence Has An End”