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A Rope and a Prayer

by David Rohde
Kristen Mulvihill
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The compelling and insightful account of a New York Times reporter's abduction by the Taliban, and his wife's struggle to free him.

In November 2008, David Rohde, a Pulitzer Prize-winning correspondent for The New York Times, was kidnapped by the Taliban and held captive for seven months in the tribal areas of Pakistan. In the process, Rohde became the first American to witness how Pakistan's powerful military turns a blind eye toward a Taliban ministate thriving inside its borders. In New York, David's wife Kristen Mulvihill, together with his family, kept the kidnapping secret for David's safety and struggled to navigate a labyrinth of conflicting agendas, misinformation, and lies. Part memoir, part work of journalism, A Rope and a Prayer is a story of duplicity, faith, resilience, and love.

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  • Release date

    October 28, 2010

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9780307914798
      • File size: 316606 KB
      • Duration: 10:59:35

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      David Rohde, a NEW YORK TIMES correspondent in Afghanistan, was kidnapped in 2008 by the Taliban and held for seven months in Pakistan. His wife, Kristen Mulvihill, worked for his release. They tell both sides of the story, each reading his or her own part. Narration by the people who lived the events provides authenticity and immediacy, but both read in something of a monotone. Rohde's voice is nasal and not especially appealing, and he swallows words. Mulvihill's voice is stronger and more listenable, but her delivery often seems perfunctory. The book is informative and sometimes dramatic but also occasionally dull and repetitious. (Too many incidents are told from both points of view.) The authors' readings do not overcome these weaknesses. W.M. (c) AudioFile 2011, Portland, Maine
    • Publisher's Weekly

      October 11, 2010
      For a harrowing seven months of captivity, Rohde, a Pulitzer Prize–winning New York Times foreign correspondent on assignment in war-torn Afghanistan, survived after being kidnapped, with two Afghan colleagues, by the Taliban in November 2008, suffering from all of the cruel terrorist maneuvering and hapless government countermoves during the crisis. Rohde wrote a series of articles for the Times about his experiences, but here Rohde alternates chapters with Mulvihill, to whom he had been married for two months at the time of his kidnapping. In suspenseful prose, he recounts his abduction and she describes her efforts, along with those of the Times, to secure his release by writing everyone in government and negotiating with the Taliban. Rohde's escape, with one of his colleagues, received major media coverage. Possibly the most informative segments of the book are the masterly observations of life with the jihadists, the chaotic Pakistani tribal areas and the topsy-turvy war itself. This potent story of love and conflict ends well, but not without making some smart and edgy commentary on terrorism, hostage negotiation, political agendas, and the human heart. Map.

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  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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  • English

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