About this title: Three years ago, award-winning actress Angelina Jolie took on a radically different role as a Goodwill Ambassador for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). Here are her memoirs from her journeys to Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Pakistan, Cambodia, and Ecuador, where she lived and worked and gave her heart to those who suffer the world's most shattering violence and victimization. Here are her revelations of joy and warmth amid utter destitution, compelling snapshots of courageous and inspiring people for whom survival is their daily work and candid notes from a unique pilgrimage that ...
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Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 256 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780743470230ISBN:0743470230
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Pocket Books
Date Published: 2003-10-28
ISBN-13:9780743470230ISBN:0743470230
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Pocket
Date Published: 2003
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Publisher: SIMON & SCHUSTER Country = UNITED STATES
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780743470230ISBN:0743470230
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 240 pages. (240 pages) the journals of actress angelina jolie's travels as a goodwill ambassador for the un high commissioner for refugees, through some of the world's poorest countries. 16pp b&w plates (Paperback) read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Pocket Books
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780743470230ISBN:0743470230
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Pocket Books
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780743470230ISBN:0743470230
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Pocket Books
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780743470230ISBN:0743470230
Description: New, Publisher overstock, may have small remainder mark. Excellent condition, never read, purchased from publisher as excess inventory. read more
"Certainly not what you would expect from a Hollywood star. This is the story of Angelina Jolie, the Goodwill Ambassador for the UN. The story is told through journals that she wrote during visits that she took in 2001 and 2002 to Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Cambodia, Pakistan, and Ecuador.
As she says right off the bat, she's not a writer. The journals are short thoughts and memories that she was capturing each day. They are her thoughts as she experienced the interaction and stories of refugees all over the world. Though I would have preferred more detailed accounts of what is going on, there are definitely short stories of what these people have suffered and are suffering.
Because of the subject matter, and the fact that there's not a lot else out there on this subject (trust me, I've been actively looking for books on women of the Congo)I'm giving the book 4 stars. 3 stars would be an insult to the people it represents, and the importance of the refugee issues. I will preface it by saying that although it was at times repetitive and choppy, it was a quick read (I finished it in one day).
I am certain that I will read this book again, and that I will pass it on to others. People need to know."
"Angelina Jolie is an american actress who has become heavily involved in humanitarian work with UNHCR, the UN refugee agency. This is truly a diary of notes, where her sentences and thoughts are simple, strong, and clear. It reads very much like a teenager discovering things about life that were completely unknown before: curious, open, enthusiastic, shy, excited, and outraged. Interesting."
"Jolie's journal entries on her visits to many countries as a representative of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees are, indeed, notes, not a well-constructed travelogue or sociological narrative. For this reason, they serve as an entry point for further explorations, not as a definitive source. To be clear, I think that the intention behind publishing them was to expose readers to the content on refugees and the human costs of conflict and poverty. It is interesting to consider Jolie's growing personal sophistication and writing skill as these chronological accounts unfold. A good introduction or training text on international and human rights concerns."
"A MUST READ. It will teach you so much about how many displaced people there are all over the world - such a sad read, but very important to educate yourself on such things. UNICEF and UNHCR information is included and this book really turned me on to Cambodian history and culture. Now if I only knew how to speak Khmer!"
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