Ghosts by Daylight : Love, War, and Redemption

English

ISBN: 0307265587

EAN: 9780307265586

Category: Biography & Autobiography / Women/Language Arts & Disciplines / Journalism/

Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

Release Date: 09/20/2011

Synopsis: An enthralling, deeply moving memoir from one of our foremost American war correspondents. Janine di Giovanni has spent most of her careermore than twenty yearsin war zones recording events on behalf of the voiceless. From Sarajevo to East Timor, from Sierra Leone to Afghanistan, Iraq, and Somalia, she has been under siege and under fire. Along the way she meets Bruno, a French reporter whose spirit and audacity are a match for her own. Their love affair spans nearly a decade and a dozen armed conflicts before they settle in Paris to raise a family. But Janine soon learns that a life lived in war is inevitably haunted. Bruno struggles with physical and emotional pain, and Janine, a new mother and wife in Paris, is afraid both for Bruno and herself and for the work that they doand doubtful that she can hold their lives together. With stunning scenes of action, heart-wrenching accounts of profound love, personal loss, and redemption , Ghosts by Daylighttells the unforgettable story of a passionate life lived to the fullest.

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Ghosts by Daylight : Love, War, and Redemption

Illustrated: No

Format: Hardcover

Height: 1.15 inches

Width: 5.9 inches

Length: 8.65 inches

Weight: 18.02 oz

Pages: 304