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Under The Wire: Witnessing War With Marie Colvin (2013)

by Paul Conroy(Favorite Author)

4.3 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1602862362 (ISBN13: 9781602862364)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

Weinstein Books

review 1: Tears, Tears and then more tears. This story of Marie Colvin, a journalist, is told from her friend, Paul Conroy, a photographer, who spent his last days with Marie. We don't always hear about the other people who put their life on the line every single day to bring us stories and footage of what goes on in other countries. Reading Paul's story opened my eyes on what he, Marie and other reporters, photographers and journalists go through. They risk their lives every day. It's sad. They're stories are not often told. This story brings us in to what both Marie and Paul went through during Marie's last few days of both her and Paul being trapped. I couldn't put down the book, it captivated me and had me going from chapter to chapter wanting to know what else happened. I love... more that they added photos that showed us from the time they were there until the time you see Paul on a plane with heading back home to the UK.
review 2: This is a difficult one to review. Mostly because you feel a cow for giving a book like this three stars when the author risked life and limb to write it. But there were a few too many tunnels and bombs and rockets for me - as indeed for the poor author I imagine. I was left feeling both gobsmacked and unsatisfied at the same time. Gobsmacked that someone would willingly do this for a living. Unsatisfied at the same time because I still wonder why. I wanted to know more about what drives people in this most dangerous of professions. Maybe I will just never "get it". But I'm still glad I read it. less

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