(Ebook) Dispatches from the Edge: A Memoir of War, Disasters, and Survival by Anderson Cooper ISBN 9780061132384, 9780061189838, 0061132381, 0061189839

(Ebook) Dispatches from the Edge: A Memoir of War, Disasters, and Survival by Anderson Cooper ISBN 9780061132384, 9780061189838, 0061132381, 0061189839

Cooper does a great job giving us insight into the lives of journalists. To bring the stories that we see on the news, someone has to experience the horrors of the reality of the story and bring it to us in a clean and filtered manner. The journalists themselves though actually have to sift through the horrors on a regular basis. I guess I always imagined his life to be somewhat glamorous because of who he is and where he came from but this book just shows how television has a way of only portraying the glamour and none of the realities associated with the people we sit down to watch every evening. His life is far from glamorous, in fact, it's a miracle he hasn't gone over the edge yet... I highly recommend this book for it's insightful portrayal of the atrocities that go on in the world and Coopers honest portrayal of his life and feelings. The only thing I didn't love was how the book jumped back and forth in time and location, found it a bit disorienting to keep track of people and story lines.