Moving Violations - Couverture souple

Hockenberry, John

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0786881623 ISBN 13 : 9780786881628

Editeur : Hyperion- Acquired Assets, 1996

Synopsis

Moving Violations Now in trade paperback, following a highly successful hardcover run, the riveting, in-your-face memoir by John Hockenberry, the NPR veteran and popular correspondent for ABC News whose penchant for hot spots and explosive situations has catapulted him into the spotlight--and into our public conscience. "I cried till I laughed".--Tom Miller, Washington Post Book World.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

John Hockenberry's Moving Violations is one of the most entertaining, provocative, unexpected, outspoken, and occasionally outrageous books in recent memory. It is a story of obstacles--physical, emotional, and psychic--overcome again, and again, and again. Whether riding a mule up a hillside in Iraq surrounded by mud-stained Kurdish refugees, navigating his wheelchair through intractable stretches of Middle Eastern sand, or auditioning to be the first journalist in space, John Hockenberry, ace reporter, is determined not only to bring back the story, but also to prove that nothing can hold him back from death-defying exploits.

However, he will never be a poster boy for a Jerry Lewis telethon. A paraplegic since an auto accident at age nineteen, Hockenberry holds nothing back in this achingly honest, often hilarious chronicle that ranges from the Ayatollah's funeral (where his wheelchair is pushed by a friendly Iranian chanting "Death to all Americans"), to the problems of crip sex and the inaccessibility of the New York City subway system.

In this immensely moving chronicle--so filled with marvelous storytelling that it reads like a novel--John Hockenberry finds that the most difficult journey is the one that begins at home, as he confronts the memories of his beloved one-armed grandfather, and finally meets his institutionalized Uncle Peter, whose very existence was long a secret buried in the family history.

Moving Violations is a sometimes harrowing but ultimately joyful ride.

Biographie de l'auteur :

A two-time Peabody Award winner, John Hockenberry spent more than a decade with National Public Radio as a general assignment reporter, Middle East correspondent, and program host. He is now a correspondent for ABC's news magazine show Day One, for which he received an Emmy. He lives in New York City.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Hyperion- Acquired Assets
• Date d'édition: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0786881623
• ISBN 13: 9780786881628
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 384