- Paperback: 336 pages
- Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks; Reprint edition (Jan 8 2002)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0375758682
- ISBN-13: 978-0375758683
- Product Dimensions: 13.1 x 1.9 x 20.2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 272 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (71 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #182,326 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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From Publishers Weekly
To pursue her dream to cover wars as a photojournalist, Kogan moved to Paris upon graduation from Harvard in 1988. Pretty and petite, with a sharp eye for good-looking, virile colleagues who, incidentally, could help her career, she embarked on a series of adventures that she breezily chronicles with a somewhat disingenuous na?vet?. Although her publisher compares her to Christiane Amanpour, readers may find more similarities with Candace Bushnell in these episodic vignettes describing both her far-flung assignments and intimate relationships with colleagues. She traveled with Pascal to Afghanistan and Pierre to Amsterdam; Julian helped her in Zimbabwe, but forbade further intimacies; Doru was with her in Romania. When she met Paul, her husband-to-be, Kogan's commitment to photojournalism waned: she blames her distaste on the wartime horrors she witnessed. Calling photojournalists vultures who feed on other people's misery, she conflates paparazzi with photojournalists, expressing disgust at their role in Princess Diana's fatal accident. Upon her return with Paul to the U.S., she began a new career as assistant producer for NBC's Dateline, which she eventually left to become a full-time mother. Kogan's swiftly paced story easily holds the reader's interest as she moves from her carefree days as an aspiring photojournalist to the responsibilities and dilemmas facing a working mother. First serial rights to Talk magazine in the February issue should boost interest in this sassy debut. First serial to Talk. Agent, Jennifer Rudolph Walsh at The Writers Shop. (Jan. 25)
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From Library Journal
Christiane Amanpour meets Melissa Banks! So says the publicist. Actually, Kogan is a top photojournalist who recounts her coverage of the world's hot spots while battling discrimination in the ranks.
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Shutterbabe!,
By Gregorator (New York, NY) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Shutterbabe: Adventures in Love and War (Paperback)
I just loved SHUTTERBABE. It was flashy, funny, candid, deeply emotional, laugh-out-loud hilarious, intense, telling, and an awful lot of fun. Deborah Copaken has an excellent eye for telling detail and a terrific turn of phrase: whether noting that the growth of a public waste pile in the mountains of Afghanistan was "my only measure of time, really" or characterizing the bustle of a pan-national transient hotel as "curried commotion" or closing the door on three lovelorn suitors in a single deftly decisive paragraph (p 213), she puts her heart on her sleeve and the pedal to the metal with bright, brash panache. Just a terrific read. (My only complaint is the afterword; her few thoughts about the events of 9/11, however irresistable and well-intentioned they must have seemed, are not up to the task and outside the rush of the ShutterBabe experience.)
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Our book club agreed....,
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This review is from: Shutterbabe: Adventures in Love and War (Paperback)
general concensus was that we didn't care for it. "Shutterbabe" was a bit whiny - she was offered an incredible opportunity at a young age, obviously she grew up in a family with money, and never seemed to show the appreciation for what was given her, based on the choices she made. Some parts were funny - but we do wonder what her husband and children will think of down the road when they read her exploits with other men.
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a great read!,
By SJS (San Francisco, CA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Shutterbabe: Adventures in Love and War (Paperback)
I ripped through this book quickly, unable to put it down. the writing style was cynical, quick witted, and a touch raw.adolescent girls should read this not only to learn the battles that other women have fought for their individuality, but also because the author points out how her personal battle was waged on the hand of a few bad decisions and what the price can be for making such decisions.
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