03148cam a2200313 4500 2636359613 TxAuBib 20251008120000.0 ||||||s2025||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780063489783 0063489783 B0FH5CHS9J Amazon 365c1ef7-ae48-4997-936d-1b852d5adf49 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 12097223 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Sharabi, Eli. Hostage [Libby eBook]. HarperCollins, 2025. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. HTML:<p><b><i>NEW YORK TIMES</i> BESTSELLER<br /> A <i>TIME</i> Must-Read Book of 2025</b></p> <p><b>In a raw and unflinching memoir, Eli Sharabi, a survivor of 491 days in Hamas captivity, recounts the harrowing ordeal of his abduction from Kibbutz Be'eri on October 7th, 2023, the loss of his wife and daughters, and his unyielding resolve to survive.</b><br /> <b>"I refuse to let myself drown in pain. I am surviving. I am a hostage. In the heart of Gaza. A stranger in a strange land. In the home of a Hamas-supporting family. And I'm getting out of here. I have to. I'm getting out of here. I'm coming home."—Eli Sharabi</b><br /> On October 7, 2023, Hamas terrorists stormed Kibbutz Be'eri, shattering the peaceful life Eli Sharabi had built with his British wife, Lianne, and their teenage daughters, Noiya and Yahel. Dragged barefoot out his front door while his family watched in horror, Sharabi was plunged deep into the suffocating darkness of Gaza's tunnels. As war raged above him, he endured a grueling 491 days in captivity, all the while holding onto the hope that he would one day be reunited with his loved ones.<br /> Eli Sharabi's story is one of hunger and heartache, of physical pain, longing, loneliness and a helplessness that threatens to destroy the soul. But it is also a story of strength, of resilience, and of the human spirit's refusal to surrender. It is about the camaraderie forged in captivity, the quiet power of faith, and one man's unrelenting decision to choose life, time and time again.<br /> In the first memoir by a released Israeli hostage, and the fastest-selling book in Israel's history, Sharabi offers a searing firsthand account of survival under unimaginable conditions—starvation, isolation, physical beatings, and psychological abuse at the hands of his captors.<br /> Compared to Elie Wiesel's <i>Night</i> and Laura Hillenbrand's <i>Unbroken</i>, <i>Hostage</i> is a profound witness to history, so it shall be neither forgotten nor erased.<br /></p>. Biography & Autobiography. Nonfiction. Politics. Judaica. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2025-12-08 11:35:19. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=365c1ef7-ae48-4997-936d-1b852d5adf49&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=365c1ef7-ae48-4997-936d-1b852d5adf49&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)