A Gift from Darkness

How I Escaped with my Daughter from Boko Haram

Patience Ibrahim, Andrea C. Hoffmann

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English

Little Brown
11 April 2017

Biography; Autobiography: general

When Patience Ibrahim's husband died, she feared that her life was over. She had prayed every night for a baby to complete her family, and suddenly she found herself a nineteen-year-old widow, alone in the world. But when she fell in love again, a happy future seemed possible. Patience married once more , and was overjoyed to discover that she was pregnant.

A few days later, everything fell apart. Men from Boko Haram arrived at her door, killing Patience's new husband and kidnapping her.

This is the incredible true story of her and her baby daughter's survival, against all the odds.

By: Patience Ibrahim, Andrea C. Hoffmann
Imprint: Little Brown
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 230mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 21mm
Weight: 380g
ISBN: 9781408708958
ISBN 10: 1408708957
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 11 April 2017
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Patience Ibrahim lives with her daughter Gift in Maiduguri, in northern Nigeria. http://andreachoffmann.com/

Reviews for A Gift from Darkness: How I Escaped with my Daughter from Boko Haram

A Gift from Darkness is the story of her [Patience's] captivity, her incredible escape and the birth of her daughter Gift. The German journalist Andrea Hoffmann skilfully tells Patience's story of survival and escape - Sunday Times