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Seven Years of Captivity.

Terry Anderson and his wife Madeleine Bassil. Anderson was held hostage for seven years in Lebanon. Madeleine was pregnant when he was Anderson's new book, "Den of Lions: Memoirs of Seven Years" (Crown Publishers), Terry and Madeleine describe the challenges they were forced to face until his release in December of 1991. (This interview continues into the second half of the show.)

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Other segments from the episode on October 4, 1993

Fresh Air with Terry Gross, October 4, 1993: Interview with Terry Anderson and Madeleine Bassil; Review of Peter Hoeg's novel "Smilla's Sense of Snow."

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