Tell Them I Didn't Cry
A Young Journalist's Story of Joy, Loss, and Survival in Iraq
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
1 August 2007
Summary
In her gripping account of the Iraq war, Jackie Spinner goes beyond the headlines to reveal the challenges of reporting news in a place where danger and fear accompany journalists everywhere. This is a vivid and personal story of her time in Iraq – where for thirteen months she covered the war from its center in Baghdad, Fallujah, Kurdistan, and Abu Ghraib – and of being transformed from a naive woman and rookie correspondent into a seasoned foreign reporter.
Jackie’s account is punct…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780743288552 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0743288556 |
| Author: | Jackie Spinner, Jenny Spinner, David Ignatius |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster |
| Imprint: | Scribner |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 1 August 2007 |
| Weight: | 315g |
| Dimensions: | 216mm x 140mm x 25mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
“Jackie Spinner’s poignant memoir of nine months as a foreign correspondent…gives a vivid picture of the sacrifices journalists make in war zones.”
– Chicago Tribune
”[Spinner’s] harrowing but funny new memoir [is] the most honest war story you’ll ever read. This woman is bravery personified.”
– Glamour
“Jackie Spinner’s book is…an odyssey of closely observed and beautifully sequenced stages of an emotional and professional life as a reporter for The Washington Post in Iraq.”
– Ellen Mickiewicz, director, DeWitt Wallace Center for Media and Democracy, Duke University
“Jackie Spinner tells this war story better than any other account.”
– Tod Robberson, The Dallas Morning News
About The Author
Jackie Spinner
Jackie Spinner is a staff writer for The Washington Post and has appeared on many major television and radio news shows. She won the Distinguished International Reporting award from the Washington-Baltimore Newspaper Guild for her reporting in Iraq.
Jenny Spinner is an assistant professor of English at St. Joseph’s University in Philadelphia, where she teaches writing and journalism.
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