Beneath The Pale Blue Burqa. One Woman's Journey Through Taliban Strongholds

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: As New
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: BIG SKY PUBLISHING
Publisher Place: Australia
Publisher Year: 2010
Edition: First Edition

Description: 347 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in As new condition throughout.

Publishers Description: On September 11, 2001, the World changed forever whenruthless Al-Qaeda terrorists launched an aerial attack onthe United States of America. Oblivious to the worldsterror, Kay and Kerry Danes sat half a world away, securein an Embassy after a terrifying 11-month hostage ordealin communist Laos.As fear gripped the globe Kerry, an Australian SpecialForces soldier and his wife Kay, struggled to come toterms with their hellish ordeal of torture, mockexecutions and the helplessness of leaving behind 58political prisoners of a long forgotten war. The coupleshopes focused only on seeing their children again.In the years after regaining their freedom and working tore-piece together family life, Kerry returned to activeduty with the Special Forces and Kay turned her darkexperiences towards creating social justice, over theyears becoming a leading international humanitarian. InNovember 2008, amidst haunting memories of her Laosordeal, Kay faced her fears and embarked on ahumanitarian aid mission to deliver life-changingopportunities and aid to people devastated in war-tornAfghanistan.In an old dusty Toyota mini-van, armed only with hope,Kay and her companions, a florist from Arizona, a nursefrom Texas, a public servant from Australia and a USMarine Korean War veteran, drove the ancient Silk Roadamidst kidnappings, suicide bombings, carnage and chaos.This powerful story will have you gripping your chair andholding your breath, as you travel with Kay throughTaliban strongholds and the remote wastelands of Al Qaedaterrorists. Her story provides a rare glimpse of placeswe may never visit and the courageous Afghan peopledetermined to persevere against overwhelming odds.

ISBN: 9780980658286