Eleven Days Of Hell by Yvonne Bornstein "Bornstein throws stark light on the methods of kleptocrats, and on Russia’s spasmodic early attempts at capitalism." Publisher's Weekly Read the Interview
April 17, 2005 (Press Release) --
Yvonne Bornstein has been a corporate executive, a wife, a mother and a kidnap victim. She is now an author with this-ELEVEN DAYS OF HELL-her first book. She lives in Southern California with her husband, Sam and their three children. She will be speaking and signing books at the LA Book fair on the April 23-24, 2005.
"A terrifyingly true thriller that grips you from the first page and never lets you go! Yvonne Bornstein has shown remarkable courage and skill by digging deep into her darkest nightmares and detailing them on the page in a way that will leave you breathless..." --Stuart Beattie - Screenwriter: "Collateral" & "Pirates of the Caribbean"
"After twelve years of nightmares, Yvonne Bornstein musters the courage to tell her true-life tale - eleven days in the hands of Russian mobsters intent on collecting millions of dollars of ransom money. She recounts with surprising clarity her trials, deprivations, and eventual triumph over seemingly impossible odds." --Gregg Hurwitz - author of "The Program"
"It reads like Robert Ludlum or John Le Carre, only it was REAL! Riveting, I couldn't put it down." --Steven Snyder - Author, Seminar Leader, Radio Talk Show Host
"Bornstein throws stark light on the methods of kleptocrats, and on Russia’s spasmodic early attempts at capitalism." --Publisher's Weekly
INTERVIEW:
PageOneLit: Why were you kidnapped? Was it a random kidnapping or plotted?
Yvonne Bornstein: It was probably plotted for quite a while. My former husband and I had 11 joint ventures established with various Russian organizations before and after the fall of communism.
We were one of the first Australian companies to be conducting this type of business.
Between a sour fertilizer deal between the joint venture in Vladivostok and the Taiwanese along with bribe money that was not passed over to the right people, we were targeted for $1.6millionUSD ransom even though there was never ever any cash money that was exchanged during any deals.
PageOneLit: Where exactly were you kidnapped?
Yvonne Bornstein: We were kidnapped 10 minutes after arriving at the Moscow airport. We had been picked up by the Manager of our Moscow office and thought we were being taken to a hotel. Instead we were taken on a different route than on previous trips and ended up at a rickety old Dacha approximately 80 kilometers from the airport.
I was dragged by the hair from the car I had been in with my husband, into a second car where I was almost choking from two men who held me tightly with a gun at one side of my neck and a knife at the other.
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Eleven Days Of Hell: My True Story Of Kidnapping, Terror, Torture And Historic FBI & KGB Rescue (Paperback) by YVONNE BORNSTEIN
Publisher: Authorhouse (October 19, 2004)
ISBN: 1418493023
http://www.yvonnebornstein.com/
"A terrifyingly true thriller that grips you from the first page and never lets you go! Yvonne Bornstein has shown remarkable courage and skill by digging deep into her darkest nightmares and detailing them on the page in a way that will leave you breathless..." --Stuart Beattie - Screenwriter: "Collateral" & "Pirates of the Caribbean"
"After twelve years of nightmares, Yvonne Bornstein musters the courage to tell her true-life tale - eleven days in the hands of Russian mobsters intent on collecting millions of dollars of ransom money. She recounts with surprising clarity her trials, deprivations, and eventual triumph over seemingly impossible odds." --Gregg Hurwitz - author of "The Program"
"It reads like Robert Ludlum or John Le Carre, only it was REAL! Riveting, I couldn't put it down." --Steven Snyder - Author, Seminar Leader, Radio Talk Show Host
"Bornstein throws stark light on the methods of kleptocrats, and on Russia’s spasmodic early attempts at capitalism." --Publisher's Weekly
INTERVIEW:
PageOneLit: Why were you kidnapped? Was it a random kidnapping or plotted?
Yvonne Bornstein: It was probably plotted for quite a while. My former husband and I had 11 joint ventures established with various Russian organizations before and after the fall of communism.
We were one of the first Australian companies to be conducting this type of business.
Between a sour fertilizer deal between the joint venture in Vladivostok and the Taiwanese along with bribe money that was not passed over to the right people, we were targeted for $1.6millionUSD ransom even though there was never ever any cash money that was exchanged during any deals.
PageOneLit: Where exactly were you kidnapped?
Yvonne Bornstein: We were kidnapped 10 minutes after arriving at the Moscow airport. We had been picked up by the Manager of our Moscow office and thought we were being taken to a hotel. Instead we were taken on a different route than on previous trips and ended up at a rickety old Dacha approximately 80 kilometers from the airport.
I was dragged by the hair from the car I had been in with my husband, into a second car where I was almost choking from two men who held me tightly with a gun at one side of my neck and a knife at the other.
Read rest of this interview at www.Pageonelit.com or
http://www.pageonelit.com/interviews/YBornstein.html
Eleven Days Of Hell: My True Story Of Kidnapping, Terror, Torture And Historic FBI & KGB Rescue (Paperback) by YVONNE BORNSTEIN
Publisher: Authorhouse (October 19, 2004)
ISBN: 1418493023
http://www.yvonnebornstein.com/
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