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Overview"From a former foreign correspondent for the Wall Street Journal, a riveting memoir of life, love, and transformation on the frontlines of conflicts around the world ""I'm happy to report that adventure I found, beyond my wildest imaginings. Glamour, too. And love. But there were other things lurking-danger, death, personal loss-that I did not foresee. Most of all, there was war."" From a kibbutz in Israel, to Central America where her first husband was murdered, to war-ravaged-Beirut, to ""Ambassatrix School"" after her marriage to a U.S. diplomat, to South Africa during apartheid, Lynda Schuster's DIRTY WARS AND POLISHED SILVER is a riveting memoir of a life lived on the frontlines of conflict, by a veteran correspondent for the Wall Street Journal and Latin American bureau chief for the Christian Science Monitor." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Lynda SchusterPublisher: Melville House Publishing Imprint: Melville House Publishing Dimensions: Width: 16.00cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 23.00cm Weight: 0.554kg ISBN: 9781612196343ISBN 10: 1612196349 Pages: 320 Publication Date: 20 July 2017 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsFor the armchair traveler and imagined war correspondent, and for anyone who misses the tropical non-paradises of Africa and Latin America that furnished the intrigues of Graham Greene, I heartily recommend Dirty Wars and Polished Silver. It throbs with the romance, and the anguish, of a life lived in excitement and in peril, tracking sundry and dubious American missions abroad. --Roger Lowenstein, author of When Genius Failed and America's Bank A riveting international thriller...A page-turner thanks to lucid writing and thrilling storytelling. --Kirkus, starred review <p/> A wonderful, witty ride about hurtling towards happiness and embracing maturity. If you ever wondered: What do I want and how do I find joy? Dirty Wars and Polished Silver is a book for you. --Sonia Nazario, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Enrique's Journey <p/> Dirty Wars and Polished Silver is the fabulously entertaining story of Lynda Schuster's adventures as a foreign correspondent and wife of a U. S. diplomat. It captures all the glamour, intrigue, love, and, yes, loss that's to be found in a life lived on the frontlines, but it's also a deliciously fun (and funny!) story of transformation. A delight from start to finish. --Valerie Plame Wilson, author of Fair Game <p/> For the armchair traveler and imagined war correspondent, and for anyone who misses the tropical non-paradises of Africa and Latin America that furnished the intrigues of Graham Greene, I heartily recommend Dirty Wars and Polished Silver. It throbs with the romance, and the anguish, of a life lived in excitement and in peril, tracking sundry and dubious American missions abroad. --Roger Lowenstein, author of When Genius Failed and America's Bank <p/> Lynda Schuster's memoir Dirty Wars and Polished Silver is the story of a woman breaking down barriers to become an accomplished war correspondent, and an on-the-ground narrative of the conflicts that wracked the world in the 1980s and -'90s. It is also a tale of love, great loss, and love again that demonstrates the resilience of the soul. I recommend it to all, but especially to those who wonder how to succeed in life by following both their head and their heart. --Jeffrey Herbst, President and CEO, Newseum Veteran reporter Lynda Schuster takes readers on a nostalgia tour through journalism as It Used to Be. --Meghan Daum, NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW Lynda Schuster's new memoir Dirty Wars and Polished Silver pulls back the curtain... Her memoir showcases the myriad ways in which the field of journalism has shifted since her time as a foreign correspondent. -The Washington Diplomat Engaging and humane... Schuster's humor and common sense shine through, as well as her sense of adventure....Schuster wins you over. --John Allison, PITTSBURGH QUARTERLY Raw and moving...Schuster writes with wry humour deftly woven throughout Dirty Wars and Polished Silver. --TIMES OF LONDON A sparkling chronicle of her life... Dirty Wars and Polished Silver is a sharply observant and well-rendered telling of the life of a courageous international journalist and diplomat's wife. Great story. Amusing prose... Do not miss it. --PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE A riveting international thriller...A page-turner thanks to lucid writing and thrilling storytelling. --KIRKUS, starred review A wonderful, witty ride about hurtling towards happiness and embracing maturity. If you ever wondered: What do I want and how do I find joy? Dirty Wars and Polished Silver is a book for you. --Sonia Nazario, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Enrique's Journey Dirty Wars and Polished Silver is the fabulously entertaining story of Lynda Schuster's adventures as a foreign correspondent and wife of a U. S. diplomat. It captures all the glamour, intrigue, love, and, yes, loss that's to be found in a life lived on the frontlines, but it's also a deliciously fun (and funny!) story of transformation. A delight from start to finish. --Valerie Plame Wilson, author of Fair Game For the armchair traveler and imagined war correspondent, and for anyone who misses the tropical non-paradises of Africa and Latin America that furnished the intrigues of Graham Greene, I heartily recommend Dirty Wars and Polished Silver. It throbs with the romance, and the anguish, of a life lived in excitement and in peril, tracking sundry and dubious American missions abroad. --Roger Lowenstein, author of When Genius Failed and America's Bank Lynda Schuster's memoir Dirty Wars and Polished Silver is the story of a woman breaking down barriers to become an accomplished war correspondent, and an on-the-ground narrative of the conflicts that wracked the world in the 1980s and -'90s. It is also a tale of love, great loss, and love again that demonstrates the resilience of the soul. I recommend it to all, but especially to those who wonder how to succeed in life by following both their head and their heart. --Jeffrey Herbst, President and CEO, Newseum As a former newspaper correspondent, Schuster knows how to string together a story... [it] will pull you in, whether or not you've been posted to any of the same countries as Schuster. -FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL A sparkling chronicle of her life... Dirty Wars and Polished Silver is a sharply observant and well-rendered telling of the life of a courageous international journalist and diplomat's wife. Great story. Amusing prose... Do not miss it. --Pittsburgh Post-Gazette A riveting international thriller...A page-turner thanks to lucid writing and thrilling storytelling. --Kirkus, starred review A wonderful, witty ride about hurtling towards happiness and embracing maturity. If you ever wondered: What do I want and how do I find joy? Dirty Wars and Polished Silver is a book for you. --Sonia Nazario, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Enrique's Journey Dirty Wars and Polished Silver is the fabulously entertaining story of Lynda Schuster's adventures as a foreign correspondent and wife of a U. S. diplomat. It captures all the glamour, intrigue, love, and, yes, loss that's to be found in a life lived on the frontlines, but it's also a deliciously fun (and funny!) story of transformation. A delight from start to finish. --Valerie Plame Wilson, author of Fair Game For the armchair traveler and imagined war correspondent, and for anyone who misses the tropical non-paradises of Africa and Latin America that furnished the intrigues of Graham Greene, I heartily recommend Dirty Wars and Polished Silver. It throbs with the romance, and the anguish, of a life lived in excitement and in peril, tracking sundry and dubious American missions abroad. --Roger Lowenstein, author of When Genius Failed and America's Bank Lynda Schuster's memoir Dirty Wars and Polished Silver is the story of a woman breaking down barriers to become an accomplished war correspondent, and an on-the-ground narrative of the conflicts that wracked the world in the 1980s and -'90s. It is also a tale of love, great loss, and love again that demonstrates the resilience of the soul. I recommend it to all, but especially to those who wonder how to succeed in life by following both their head and their heart. --Jeffrey Herbst, President and CEO, Newseum Engaging and humane... Schuster's humor and common sense shine through, as well as her sense of adventure....Schuster wins you over. - John Allison, Pittsburgh Quarterly Raw and moving...Schuster writes with wry humour deftly woven throughout Dirty Wars and Polished Silver. -The Literary Times Supplement A riveting international thriller...A page-turner thanks to lucid writing and thrilling storytelling. --Kirkus, starred review A wonderful, witty ride about hurtling towards happiness and embracing maturity. If you ever wondered: What do I want and how do I find joy? Dirty Wars and Polished Silver is a book for you. --Sonia Nazario, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Enrique's Journey Dirty Wars and Polished Silver is the fabulously entertaining story of Lynda Schuster's adventures as a foreign correspondent and wife of a U. S. diplomat. It captures all the glamour, intrigue, love, and, yes, loss that's to be found in a life lived on the frontlines, but it's also a deliciously fun (and funny!) story of transformation. A delight from start to finish. --Valerie Plame Wilson, author of Fair Game For the armchair traveler and imagined war correspondent, and for anyone who misses the tropical non-paradises of Africa and Latin America that furnished the intrigues of Graham Greene, I heartily recommend Dirty Wars and Polished Silver. It throbs with the romance, and the anguish, of a life lived in excitement and in peril, tracking sundry and dubious American missions abroad. --Roger Lowenstein, author of When Genius Failed and America's Bank Lynda Schuster's memoir Dirty Wars and Polished Silver is the story of a woman breaking down barriers to become an accomplished war correspondent, and an on-the-ground narrative of the conflicts that wracked the world in the 1980s and -'90s. It is also a tale of love, great loss, and love again that demonstrates the resilience of the soul. I recommend it to all, but especially to those who wonder how to succeed in life by following both their head and their heart. --Jeffrey Herbst, President and CEO, Newseum For the armchair traveler and imagined war correspondent, and for anyone who misses the tropical non-paradises of Africa and Latin America that furnished the intrigues of Graham Greene, I heartily recommend Dirty Wars and Polished Silver. It throbs with the romance, and the anguish, of a life lived in excitement and in peril, tracking sundry and dubious American missions abroad. --Roger Lowenstein, author of When Genius Failed and America's Bank Author Information"LYNDA SCHUSTER grew up in Detroit and began her career in 1980 in the Wall Street Journal's Dallas Bureau. After reporting as correspondent in El Salvador, Nicaragua, Honduras, and Guatemala, she became the Journal's Mexico bureau chief in 1983. Following the assassination of her first husband, Los Angeles Times reporter Dial Torgerson, she was transferred to Beirut and also reported from the Persian Gulf, Israel, and Egypt, and then became the Journal's South America correspondent, reporting extensively on the trial's of Argentina's ""Dirty War."" In the late 1980s she left the Journal to follow her current husband, Dennis Jett, to his diplomatic post in Malawi. Since then, her writing has appeared in the Christian Science Monitor, where she was their South Africa Bureau Chief, Granta, Utne Reader, The Atlantic, and The New York Times Sunday Magazine, among others. She is the author of A Burning Hunger- One Family's Struggle Against Apartheid, and currently lives in Pittsburgh with her husband and daughter." Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |