{"product_id":"the-uncaged-sky-by-kylie-moore-gilbert-9781761155116","title":"The Uncaged Sky","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShortlisted for \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Age\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e Book of the Year for Non-Fiction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eShortlisted for the Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for Non-fiction 2023\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘The sky above our heads was uncaged and unlike us, free.'\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHIS EDITION CONTAINS A NEW FOREWORD BY KYLIE MOORE-GILBERT\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe extraordinary true story of Kylie Moore-Gilbert’s fight to survive 804 days imprisoned in Iran.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIncarcerated 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eKylie’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 \u003cem\u003ehava khori\u003c\/em\u003e, the narrow outdoor balcony where she was led, blindfolded, for a solitary hour each day.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCut 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, coordinated protests with other prisoners, and a daring escape attempt led to her transfer to the isolated desert prison, Qarchak, to live among convicted criminals.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWritten with extraordinary insight and vivid immediacy, \u003cem\u003eThe Uncaged Sky\u003c\/em\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'immensely readable' —\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSydney Morning Herald\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'reads like an espionage thriller' —\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Australian\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'stunning' —Osher Günsberg\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'brilliant’ —Mia Freedman\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'utterly engrossing' —\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAustralian Book Review\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e‘Kylie Moore-Gilbert is one pretty remarkable woman’ —Sarah Abo\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e‘There are no heroes and villains in \u003cem\u003eThe Uncaged Sky\u003c\/em\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 \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Brief Affair\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e‘Moments in her memoir \u003cem\u003eThe Uncaged Sky\u003c\/em\u003e will 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, \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e‘\u003cem\u003eThe Uncaged Sky\u003c\/em\u003e is a brilliant and powerful book.’ —Ann Cunningham, Booktopia\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e‘a remarkable story of courage’ —\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Canberra Times\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Arotahi Agency","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47769215500524,"sku":"9781761155116","price":31.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781761155116-the-uncaged-sky.jpg?v=1782101117","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-uncaged-sky-by-kylie-moore-gilbert-9781761155116","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}