on, as described in her book, it wasn't just her willpower, but her imagination which helped amanda lindhoutginary house in the sky, because of what she could envision, amanda lindhout was able to endure. >> it was essentially a place that i could go in my own mind to escape my daily reality, and so in my house in the sky it was everything from remembering the life that i had lived and so recreating trips that i had been on in the finest detail to imaging what it would be like to sit around a table and share a meal with my family. the more i used these practices, like going to my house in the sky, the easier it became. and believe it or not, i could close my eyes and escape my reality, and i could even -- i could smile at a nice memory, i could laugh at remembering a joke. >> now, looking back on that terrible ordeal, lindhout remembers another turning point as she was being assaulted by two of her captors. >> i remember it so clearly looking down on those three people on the floor, one of whom was me, and the two young men, teenagers who were torturing me and hurting me, and so it surprises