01265cam a2200289 4500 69841839 TxAuBib 20101118120000.0 020329s2002||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2002025984 9780385507837 HC $24.95 0385507836 HC $24.95 DLC DLC C#P SPP TxAuBib Curry, Dayna. Prisoners of hope : the story of our captivity and freedom in Afghanistan / Dayna Curry and Heather Mercer with Stacy Mattingly. 1st ed. New York : Doubleday, 2002. viii, 309 p., [8] p. of plates : col. ill. ; 25 cm. Missionaries Curry and Mercer undertook an ambitious task - to preach Christianity and serve the poor in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan. Arrested and jailed, they finally gained their freedom in November 2001 with the fall of the regime. They share their story here. 20101118. Curry, Dayna. Mercer, Heather. Political prisoners Afghanistan Biography. Christian biography Afghanistan. Mercer, Heather. Mattingly, Stacy.