A Gift From Darkness

"Patience Ibrahim was kidnapped twice by Boko Haram in Nigeria – and this is her story, as told to journalist Andrea C. Hoffmann. The atrocities Ibrahim endured are almost unimaginable, and, as one might expect, her story is hard to read, though told well. But it’s important, not only to understand the horrific reign of Boko Haram, but also as an act of support for women like Ibrahim, who Hoffmann says are never asked about what they have witnessed."