A Mighty Heart : The Inside Story of the Al Qaeda Kidnapping of Danny Pearl (Paperback)

from SqueakyChu

It was really painful reading this book as I already knew the story of Danny Pearl. His wife Mariane was very brave to share the details of those trying days leading up to Danny's death. I wish a happy life for Mariane and Danny's son who will only have to read through this book to know what a sp...

from nancynova

rabck from dove-i-libri; I don't remember much about this journalist's kidnapping and death. The story is told by his widow, who was also a journalist in Pakistan and pregnant. A lot of information about how journalism operates, and her position that the Wall Street Journal was not prepared to ha...

from briannad84

Such a wonderful book! I have no idea why I'd never heard of this as it was happening though. Mariane is a terrific writer and the whole book kept me engaged, even though it was a work of nonfiction. It definately makes me want to read more into everything that's going on (and has gone on) in the...

from AgentJade

The pictue Pearl paints of her husband is nothing short of inspiring; I found myself wishing I'd done something half so ideological and fulfilling with my own life. Well-written, wih an engaging and beautiful frankness. I found the beginning to be better than the end (which sort of peters out), b...

from LauraFitzgerald

Phew. I thought I knew the ending to this story, but it was only the ending the media chose to give us. This is Mariane's (ongoing) ending, and it's a much better one. My feelings regarding this book are much too complex to sum up in a few sentences, so I'll let the five-star rating symbolize its...