Kate Adie, reporting from the world's trouble spots, is so familiar to us that we all recognise her, but this book reveals much more about her eventful life. Raised in post-war Sunderland, where life was "a sunny experience, full of meat-paste sandwiches and Sunday school" Kate has courageously reported from all over the world since she joined the BBC in 1969. These memoirs encompass her reporting from, inter alia, Northern Ireland, the Middle East, Tiananmen Square and, of course, the Gulf War of 1991. From the siege at the Iranian embassy which shot her to public acclaim, to an alarming encounter with a drunken Libyan army commander who shot her at point-blank range, the chaos and mayhem of desert warfare to Gracie Field's bizarre funeral, Kate has cooly kept us in touch through her reasoned and level reporting. Although an intensely private person, Kate Adie also divulges how, despite being sent to outlandish places at a moment's notice, she's maintained her interest in sailing, singing, theatre and friends who tolerated her strange hours, and what it's like to be a woman in a man's world.
Rezensionen / Stimmen
Adie has reinvented herself as a writer with such a delightful, light touch, such an unexpected eye for the absurd, that her memoir at times bears comparison with Evelyn Waugh...delicious vignettes. Adie shows a striking ability to convey in a few pages an era, a war or a country. She is as classy an act on the page as she is on the screen - Independent
The Kindness of Strangers is a rattling good read - Martin Bell, The Times
The Kindness of Strangers is a rollicking good read - witty, well written and packed with fascinating stories - Daily Telegraph
Adie's autobiography is tireless and entertaining - Observer
An inspirational book for any person wondering what it takes to make it. An exceptional account of a remarkable woman - Michael Parkinson
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Headline Publishing Group
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16pp col and 8pp b/w photos
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Höhe: 36 mm
Breite: 161 mm
Dicke: 241 mm
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978-0-7553-1072-2 (9780755310722)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Kate Adie was born in Sunderland and educated at Newcastle University. She joined the BBC in 1969 and has been their Chief News Correspondent since 1989. She was awarded the OBE in 1993.