Goodreads | Erin's review

Erin's review

Dispatches from the Edge: A Memoir of War, Disasters, and Survival
by Anderson Cooper

[close]

blog this review

Copy/paste the text below into your blog.

<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4338.Dispatches_from_the_Edge_A_Memoir_of_War_Disasters_and_Survival?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=blog_review" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px"><img alt="Dispatches from the Edge: A Memoir of War, Disasters, and Survival" border="0" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165428975m/4338.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4338.Dispatches_from_the_Edge_A_Memoir_of_War_Disasters_and_Survival?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review">Dispatches from the Edge: A Memoir of War, Disasters, and Survival</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2995.Anderson_Cooper">Anderson Cooper</a><br/><br/>
  <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5417273?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review"><h3>My review</h3></a>
  rating: 5 of 5 stars<br/>Anderson Cooper has been reporting from the front lines of many different disasters for a while now and this book brings together many of his most vivid experiences.  It also interjects occasional tidbits from his younger life which I found really enjoyable, although sad.
<br/>
<br/>I'll be honest, I was drawn to this book because AC wrote about Hurricane Katrina.  I've been in correspondence with him before through his blog and it seems many times that he is one of the only media representatives out there that still remembers what happened to us (and it's still happening).  He was here with many of the people who lived through that hell and so he has a special connection to it.  I cried through much of the Katrina section because as a crisis counselor, I have heard it again and again through the stories of the survivors and their pleas for help.  AC really seemed to "get it" and that's why I rated the book so highly.
<br/>
<br/>The other parts of the book were good as well - I've read this book twice and will probably read it again.  I'm interested to see where AC goes from here and I hope that he writes more books because I would be happy to read them.
  <br/><br/><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/list/178539?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review">View all my reviews.</a>

Erin's review
rating:
bookshelves: biographies, new_orleans

Anderson Cooper has been reporting from the front lines of many different disasters for a while now and this book brings together many of his most vivid experiences. It also interjects occasional tidbits from his younger life which I found really enjoyable, although sad.

I'll be honest, I was drawn to this book because AC wrote about Hurricane Katrina. I've been in correspondence with him before through his blog and it seems many times that he is one of the only media representatives out there that still remembers what happened to us (and it's still happening). He was here with many of the people who lived through that hell and so he has a special connection to it. I cried through much of the Katrina section because as a crisis counselor, I have heard it again and again through the stories of the survivors and their pleas for help. AC really seemed to "get it" and that's why I rated the book so highly.

The other parts of the book were good as well - I've read this ...more

Like this review? yes flag

comments (showing 1-1 of 1)

newest »

date

message 1: by Michele

11/08/2007 03:01PM

Based on your review, I can't wait to get my hands on a copy of this book.