Camilla Carr and Jon James were in Chechnya to set up a rehabilitation centre for children traumatised by war. Two months later they were kidnapped in the night by masked and armed Chechen rebels.
Held in captivity for fourteen months, they survived everything from threat of execution, rape and mental torture to moments of compassion and kindness.
They survived by using tools such as Tai Chi, meditation and humour, and by creating a dialogue with their captors, looking beneath their masks fear and anger to reach the small flame of love and laughter unquenched by the demonising nature of war.
Signed copies are available from Camilla and Jon.
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