The Kindness of Strangers
$43.06
- Paperback
448 pages
- Release Date
17 October 2019
Summary
Kate Adie’s story is an unusual one. Raised in post-war Sunderland, where life was ‘a sunny experience, full of meat-paste sandwiches and Sunday school’, she has reported memorably and courageously from many of the world’s trouble spots since she joined the BBC in 1969.
THE KINDNESS OF STRANGERS encompasses Adie’s reporting from, inter alia, Northern Ireland, the Middle East, Tiananmen Square and, of course, the Gulf War of 1991. It offers a compelling combination of vivid frontline r…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781529391312 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1529391318 |
| Author: | Kate Adie |
| Publisher: | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Imprint: | Hodder Paperback |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 448 |
| Release Date: | 17 October 2019 |
| Weight: | 320g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 130mm x 32mm |
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Critics Review
Sharp, witty and full of insights into the BBC and the sometimes crazed world of broadcasting - Daily Express
Sharp, witty and full of insights into the BBC and the sometimes crazed world of broadcasting - Daily Express
About The Author
Kate Adie
Kate Adie became a household name through her work as the BBC’s chief news correspondent, reporting major stories and from war zones around the world. She has won numerous awards including two Royal Television Society awards, the Bafta Richard Dimbleby Award, and the Broadcasting Press Guild’s Award for Outstanding Contribution to Broadcasting. She was awarded an OBE in 1993.
Kate Adie presents From Our Own Correspondent on BBC Radio 4 and is the author of several bestselling books.
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