I received this book as an ARC via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. Many thanks to the author and publisher for this opportunity.

Kylie is an excellent author. She has masterfully articulated her harrowing story of survival and endurance.

I wish Kylie peace and prosperity in her future endeavors.

An incredible and unbelievable read that was hard to put down. Kylie Moore-Gilbert is an amazing human being who is exceptionally brave, determined, and gifted. I doubt if most people could have endured what she did at the hands of the Iranian government.
Written with heart and soul, The Uncaged Sky gives readers an account of Iran that often isn't in the news. It's a beautiful country that is plagued by human rights abuses and unfairness toward women.

Reading Kylie Moore-Gilbert’s book, you realize that even though it is about her prison life in Iran that lasted 804 Days, she is not your average person. Kylie must have some extraordinary power, because in her own way she managed to find light in her unjust incarceration, fight back, study, make friends and make the best of a terrible situation.

It all starts when Kylie is heading back to Australia, after having been invited to a conference and been approved to attend in by her colleagues and the Iranian sponsors. As she is in the airport and closing to boarding her plane, she is picked up by the Revolutionary Guard. She is interrogated, charged and put into prison. Her story is about her ability to hold up under terrible conditions and endure countless interrogations’, hunger strikes, hateful guards and her chief minder who is developing an inappropriate relationship with her and gets in the way of her freedom.

Kylie keeps herself busy in prison by obtaining books, studying, learning Farsi and practicing her Arabic to keep her mind occupied. She even sometimes teaches and keeps herself fit always fighting to get some concessions in her favor.

This book is not only about her prison life and all the odd setbacks, but also just as much about the human spirt, and how under the most awful circumstances we can find ways to be resilient. It is horrible to think that many innocent people get put into Iran jails and never get any attention and are executed for infractions that seem manufactured by the regime.

I hope everyone reads this book and learns what from the story.