Hala Jaber's memior of love, loss and war was very engaging and powerful. She, a BBC war correspondent, and her photographer husband spend a lot of time in Iraq at the outset of the U.S. invasion. During an asignment to find a child whose story was compelling enough to help garner donations to a fundraising drive they meet Zahara.
Zahara and her little sister are the sole survivors of a road-side bomb that turned the family car into a fire ball that claimed the lives of their parents and eight siblings as they were fleeing to the safer out skirts of Baghdad. The girls' grandmother sits vigil at Zahara's bedside, while the girl fights to live despite severe burns. Through connections with aid organizations, Hala gets Zahara transferred to a better-equipped hospital. Tragedy strikes.
What follows is a beautiful story of a woman trying to find a way to care for Zahara's family while balancing her life as a war corespondent, wife, and aunt. Good stuff.
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