Between the devil and the deep blue sky
Subtitle: domesticity, danger and deadlines : confessions of a foreign correspondent in Iraq
By: Gina Wilkinson
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: East Street Publications
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Hindmarsh, S. Aust
Language: eng
Number of pages: 357
ISBN-13: 9781921037160
Subjects: Women; Biography; Journalism; Iraq; Social life and customs,
Description: Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sky is a first-person, narrative non-fiction account of the period the author spent living as a ’dependant spouse’ in Baghdad during the final year of the Saddam Hussein regime, and later as the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s correspondent in post-war Iraq. It’s an account of terror, ambition, and betrayal in Iraq, and how she became the main character in a story she never wanted, or expected, to find. The book looks at the challenges and adjustments she had to make when she decided to abandoned her career, albeit temporarily, in order to support her husband in his new job with the United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF. It also focuses on the friendships forged with ordinary Iraqis, despite the enormous hurdles of almost constant government surveillance and the overwhelming atmosphere of fear and suspicion under Saddam Hussein.
Notes: "Domesticity, danger and deadlines - confessions of a foreign correspondent in Iraq".