In an inspiring story of love and war, Martin Fletcher has written "The War Reporter."This riveting thriller begins in 1994 with Tom Layne - an American TV journalist, reporting from Sarajevo. He's teamed with his cameraman, the lovely translator, Nina, and English journalist, Nick Barnes.
Always on the look out for the nest inspiring story, Tom visits the nearby hospital and notices a small boy. The boy is left alone and doesn't speak. He was being taken to the hospital for an operation on his harelip. However, he was separated from his mother in a bombing incident and he's left alone. No one knows his name or his mother.
Tom and Nick discuss how finding the boy's mother could be a great story and decide to risk the shooting in the mountains to find the boy's mother.
They succeed in doing so at great cost. One of their members is killed and Nina is attacked after she reacted to a man who stole her family's land.
Battle worn, Tom returns home and returns 12 years later.
The story tells of the horrors of war. The cruelty inflicted and the love that develops between Tom and Nina. It grabs at the reader's heart to witness what these two brave people go through.
Winner of a Jewish National Book award for good reason. The author describes Tom becoming traumatized after the death of a friend and experiencing the hopeless feeling as he hears his love screaming for help which he can't deliver.
The strong story will linger in the minds of the reader long after reading the book.
Recommended.
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