Flirting with Danger: Confessions of a Reluctant War Reporter
by Siobhan Darrow
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Author: Siobhan DarrowEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2002-01-08
ISBN: 038572134X
Number of pages: 208
Publisher: Anchor
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Book Review: A fine and honest memoir by a foreign correspondent
Summary: 4 Stars
This is a fast-paced yet revealing memoir of a woman who worked her way up the ladder of television journalism with CNN, from its earliest days. Siobhan Darrow came from a poor and troubled background in New Jersey, the product of a Jewish father and a mother who grew up well-to-do in Northern Ireland. There was constant tension in this union, although the author seemed to have a good relationships with her two sisters and mother. Following her graduation from Duke, where she majored in Russian, she spent several years living in the USSR, where she married a Russian - a union which lasted perhaps longer than it should have. Getting in on the ground floor at CNN in its infancy, she began as a tape logger, then became a producer, writer and on-camera journalist, who covered the collapse of the Soviet Union, the wars in Chechnya, Kosovo, Serbo-Croatia and others, as well as the continuing "troubles" in Northern Ireland. Yet all the time she felt she was short-changing her own personal life by the fast-paced and constant travel, and was unable to form any lasting ties with a man or significant other. It's not until one of the final chapters, "Dunkin' Donuts," that she reveals a youthful experience that had colored all of her relationships with men. Darrow is an excellent writer and she tells her story, both personal and professional, with great skill. A fine read. - Tim Bazzett, author of BOOKLOVER and SOLDIER BOY
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