The Jill Carroll Story: an instant classic
If you haven't been reading Jill Carroll's serialized account of her 82 days in captivity, drop whatever you're doing and start reading it now. Carroll's account of her experience as a hostage in Iraq - which is introspective, quirky, and at times, absurdly hilarious - reads like a reality TV show set in the Sunni Triangle.
This is easily one of the most fascinating things I have ever read.
Excerpt from "Part 8: A New Enemy":
Not all their explosives were offensive weapons. At least one of my guards - Abu Hassan, a serious man - wore a suicide vest inside the clubhouse.
One night, he was leaning over a little gas-powered stove, cooking eggs and potatoes in oil, and then he sat back and pushed the open flame away, saying something like, "Oh, have to be careful!"
The suicide vest was under his shirt, sort of swinging back and forth. He was afraid the fire would ignite the explosives. And if it did, we'd all be dead.
"Hostage: The Jill Carroll Story" [Christian Science Monitor]
This is easily one of the most fascinating things I have ever read.
Excerpt from "Part 8: A New Enemy":
Not all their explosives were offensive weapons. At least one of my guards - Abu Hassan, a serious man - wore a suicide vest inside the clubhouse.
One night, he was leaning over a little gas-powered stove, cooking eggs and potatoes in oil, and then he sat back and pushed the open flame away, saying something like, "Oh, have to be careful!"
The suicide vest was under his shirt, sort of swinging back and forth. He was afraid the fire would ignite the explosives. And if it did, we'd all be dead.
"Hostage: The Jill Carroll Story" [Christian Science Monitor]
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