A Rope and a Prayer: The Story of a Kidnapping-Quality Guarantee

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The compelling and insightful account of a New York Timesreporter’s abduction by the Taliban, and his wife’s struggle to freehim.

In November 2008, David Rohde, a Pulitzer Prize-winningcorrespondent for The New York Times, was kidnapped by theTaliban and held captive for seven months in the tribal areas ofPakistan. In the process, Rohde became the first American to witnesshow Pakistan’s powerful military turns a blind eye toward a Talibanministate thriving inside its borders. In New York, David’s wifeKristen Mulvihill, together with his family, kept the kidnapping secretfor David’s safety and struggled to navigate a labyrinth of conflictingagendas, misinformation, and lies. Part memoir, part work ofjournalism, A Rope and a Prayer is a story of duplicity, faith,resilience, and love.