In Search of Hope
In Search of Hope: The Global Diaries of Mariane Pearl Mariane Pearl, Angelina Jolie (Foreword)
Publisher: powerHouse Books
ISBN: 1576874222
DDC: 305.40922
Edition: Hardcover; 2007-11-01
Summary:
After Islamic extremists murdered her husband, Wall Street Journal
reporter Danny Pearl, in 2002, Mariane Pearl wondered how to teach
their son, Adam, to embrace the world without fear. Could she show
him that hope is stronger than hatred? In 2006, Pearl embarked on a
round-the-globe journey in search of proof that it is. Every month
for Glamour magazine, Pear crosses the continents to meet brave,
determined women—the true agents of change in every community—who
make the world more just, peaceful, and loving despite personal
hardship, discouraging odds, and even death threats. In In Search of
Hope, she introduces readers to the everyday heroes she’s met in the
first year of her journey, and offers never-before-seen photographs
from her travels. We meet Somaly Mam, a former child sex slave in
Cambodia who now rescues young girls from forced prostitution;
Liberian president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, the first woman ever to be
elected head of an African country; Lydia Cacho, an intrepid Mexican
reporter who exposes violence against women and children despite
repeated threats on her life; Sheila Watt-Cloutier, the Inuit leater
and Nobel Peace Prize nominee who is saving her people from global
warming; Dr. Julian Atim, a twenty-something Ugandan AIDS orphan
fighting for health rights in her country; and several others.
Presented by Glamour, and featuring an introduction by United Nations
Goodwill Ambassador and Academy Award-winning actress Angelina Jolie,
In Search of Hope Is a testament to the power of hope. Glamour will
donate 100 percent of its proceeds and royalties from In Search of
Hope to charities selected by the women profiled.
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