{"product_id":"the-uncaged-sky-by-kylie-moore-gilbert-9781761151477","title":"The Uncaged Sky","description":"\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for \u003ci\u003eThe Age\u003c\/i\u003e Book of the Year for Non Fiction\u003cbr\u003e Shortlisted for the Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for Non-fiction 2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e‘The sky above our heads was uncaged and unlike us, free\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e.’\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe extraordinary true story of Kylie Moore-Gilbert’s fight to survive 804 days imprisoned in Iran.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e On September 12, 2018 British-Australian academic Kylie Moore-Gilbert was arrested at Tehran Airport by Iran’s feared Islamic Revolutionary Guards. Convicted of espionage in a shadowy trial presided over by Iran’s most notorious judge, Dr Moore-Gilbert was sentenced to 10 years in prison. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Incarcerated in Tehran’s Evin and Qarchak prisons for 804 days, this is the full and gripping account of her harrowing ordeal. Held in a filthy solitary confinement cell for months, and subjected to relentless interrogation, Kylie was pushed to the limits of her endurance by extreme physical and psychological deprivation. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Kylie’s only lifeline was the covert friendships she made with other prisoners inside the Revolutionary Guards’ maximum-security compound where she had been ‘disappeared’, communicating in great danger through the air vents between cells, and by hiding secret letters in \u003ci\u003ehava khori\u003c\/i\u003e, the narrow outdoor balcony where she was led, blindfolded, for a solitary hour each day.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Cut off from the outside world, Kylie realised she alone had the power to change the dynamics of her incarceration. To survive, she began to fight back, adopting a strategy of resistance with her captors. Multiple hunger strikes, letters smuggled to the media, co-ordinated protests with other prisoners and a daring escape attempt led to her transfer to the isolated desert prison, Qarchak, to live among convicted criminals. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e On November 25, 2020, after more than two years of struggle, Kylie was finally released in a high stakes three-nation prisoner swap deal orchestrated by the Australian government, laying bare the complex game of global politics in which she had become a valuable pawn.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Written with extraordinary insight and vivid immediacy, \u003ci\u003eThe Uncaged Sky\u003c\/i\u003e is Kylie Moore-Gilbert’s remarkable story of courage and resilience, and a powerful meditation on hope, solidarity and what it means to be free.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'immensely readable' – \u003ci\u003eThe Sydney Morning Herald\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'reads like an espionage thriller' – \u003ci\u003eThe Australian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'stunning' – Osher Günsberg\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'brilliant’ – Mia Freedman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'utterly engrossing' – \u003ci\u003eAustralian Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘Kylie Moore-Gilbert is one pretty remarkable woman’ – Sarah Abo \u003cp\u003e ‘There are no heroes and villains in \u003ci\u003eThe Uncaged Sky \u003c\/i\u003e… only human beings. The depth of Moore-Gilbert’s empathy for the human condition is extraordinary … [She] sees deeply into the complexity of the human tragedy, and she writes of it with the compelling clarity of genius.’ – Alex Miller, author of \u003ci\u003eA Brief Affair\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e ‘Moments in her memoir \u003ci\u003eThe Uncaged Sky \u003c\/i\u003ewill leave readers breathless. The sheer terror, uncertainty and gnawing dread of a brutal regime closing in all around ... Powerfully and artfully written, the book has moments of joy shining through: the loving friendships made inside prison; the exhilaration of “escaping” to that uncaged sky, standing on the prison roof; and the strength Moore-Gilbert found to defy her captors amid the ceaseless cruelty of her incarceration.’ – Ben Doherty, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   \u003cbr\u003e ‘\u003ci\u003eThe Uncaged Sky\u003c\/i\u003e is a brilliant and powerful book.’ – Ann Cunningham, Booktopia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘a remarkable story of courage’ – \u003ci\u003eThe Canberra Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  ","brand":"Arotahi Agency","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47289035096300,"sku":"9781761151477","price":31.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/815923482815.jpg?v=1770585706","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-uncaged-sky-by-kylie-moore-gilbert-9781761151477","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}