Impossible Odds
The Kidnapping of Jessica Buchanan and Her Dramatic Rescue by SEAL Team Six
$53.23
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
1 September 2014
Summary
In 2006, twenty-seven-year-old Jessica Buchanan stepped off a plane in Nairobi, Kenya, with a teaching degree and long-held dreams of helping to educate African children. By 2009, she had met and married a native Swede named Erik Landemalm, who worked to coordinate humanitarian aid with authorities in Africa. Together the two moved from Nairobi to Somalia, and with hopes of starting a family, their future couldn’t have been brighter.
But on October 25, 2011, Jessica and a colleague we…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781476725185 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1476725187 |
| Author: | Jessica Buchanan, Erik Landemalm, Anthony Flacco |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster |
| Imprint: | Atria Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 1 September 2014 |
| Weight: | 302g |
| Dimensions: | 224mm x 144mm x 25mm |
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Critics Review
“The book is spellbinding. Fiction cannot come close to the reality of Impossible Odds. The story provides a compelling combination of horror and fascination, written with clarity and compassion.” * NY Journal of Books *“Inspiring…a cinematic sense of drama.” * Bookreporter *
About The Author
Jessica Buchanan
Jessica Buchanan worked in the humanitarian aid field in Somalia. She has recently relocated to the United States, where she and her husband, Erik Landemalm, lecture on their experiences while raising their son, August, born in October, 2012.
Erik Landemalm worked in the humanitarian aid field in Somalia. He has recently relocated to the United States, where he and his wife, Jessica Buchanan, lecture on their experiences while raising their son, August, born in October, 2012.
Anthony Flacco is the author of numerous nonfiction books and novels. He holds an MFA in Screenwriting from the American Film Institute, where he was honored with the Paramount Studios Fellowship Award and a Disney Studios Fellowship. He serves as an editor, frequently gives seminars on writing, and is an editorial consultant to Martin Literary Management in Seattle.
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