Summary of My Hijacking by Martha Hodes :A Personal History of Forgetting and Remembering

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DISCLAIMERThis book does not in any capacity mean to replace the original book but to serve as a vast summary of the original book.Summary of My Hijacking by Martha Hodes :A Personal History of Forgetting and Remembering 
IN THIS SUMMARIZED BOOK, YOU WILL GET:- Chapter astute outline of the main contents.- Fast & simple understanding of the content analysis.- Exceptionally summarized content that you may skip in the original book 
  
Martha Hodes, a historian, recounts her experience as a passenger on an airliner hijacked in 1970. She and her sister were flying back to New York City from Israel when their plane was hijacked by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. Despite being too young to understand the gravity of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Martha suppressed her fear and anxiety. Nearly a half-century later, her memories of the six days and nights as a hostage are hazy and scattered. Through archival research, childhood memories, and conversations with relatives, friends, and fellow hostages, Martha aims to re-create what happened to her and those at home. The story sheds light on the hostage crisis and her own fractured family and childhood sorrows.

Disponible desde: 21/12/2023.

Longitud de impresión: 110 páginas.

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