558 DAYS...A True Story 558 days after Pierre and Yolande Korkie were taken hostage by Al Qaeda near Taiz, Yemen, Yolande and their children watched as the sealed coffin with Pierre's remains was lowered from the an American military aircraft onto South African soil. 558 DAYS is a woman's memoir of physical, emotional, spiritual and psychological turmoil. It is a true account of what happened not only to Pierre ad Yolande, but also within themselves during those 558 days of solitary confinement, disillusionment, surrealness, intimacy, soul-searching and surviving at arm's length from the Al Qaeda guards. Where the prayers and petitions of thousands answered? 558 DAYS is: the love story of a married couple that will leave you touched to the depths of your soul. a journal that reflects respect and understanding between Christians and Muslims. a hostage story that voices the unspeakable questions that every person in distress asks God. an intensely personal memoir that speaks of respect, impossible choices, anguish, survival, puzzling questions, spiritual truths, and humour - like diamonds in a desert. 558 DAYS is all this and so much more.