Four Books to Read this Fall

Even Silence Has An End by Ingrid Betancourt (Penguin Publishing, $14.99, September 2010)

Even Silence Has An End tells the astounding story of Ingrid Betancourt’s capture by FARC guerrillas and life as a prisoner in the jungles of Colombia. After moving to France, Betancourt gave up her life of comfort at the age of 32 to return to her war-torn homeland and run for political office. Her dreams of becoming the first female president of Colombia and putting an end to the corruption in local politics came to a jarring halt when she was kidnapped and held captive for six years.