{"product_id":"book-bdui","title":"I Lost My Love in Baghdad","description":"At age twenty-five, Michael Hastings arrived in Baghdad to cover the war in Iraq for \u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e. He had at his disposal a little Hemingway romanticism and all the apparatus of a twenty-first-century reporter—cell phones, high-speed Internet access, digital video cameras, fixers, drivers, guards, and translators. In startling detail, he describes the chaos, the violence, the never-ending threats of bomb and mortar attacks, and the front lines that can be a half mile from the Green Zone—indeed, that can be anywhere. This is a new kind of war: private security companies follow their own rules, or lack thereof; soldiers in combat get instant messages from their girlfriends and families; and members of the Louisiana National Guard watch Katrina's decimation of their city on a TV in the barracks. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBack in New York, Hastings had fallen in love with Andi Parhamovich, a young idealist who worked for Air America. A year into their courtship, Andi followed Michael to Iraq, taking a job with the National Democratic Institute. Their war-zone romance is another window into life in Baghdad. They call each other pet names; they make plans for the future; they fight, usually because each is fearful for the other's safety; and they try to figure out how to get together, when it means putting bodyguards and drivers in jeopardy. Then Andi goes on a dangerous mission for her new employer—a meeting at the Iraqi Islamic Party headquarters that ends in catastrophe. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSearing, unflinching, and revelatory, \u003ci\u003eI Lost My Love in Baghdad\u003c\/i\u003e is both a raw, brave, brilliantly observed account of the war and a heartbreaking story of one life lost to it. ","brand":"Tantor","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49393777148208,"sku":"BDbdui","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49393777180976,"sku":"ZEbdui","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":49393777246512,"sku":"ZMbdui","price":45.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD [40]","offer_id":49393777312048,"sku":"40bdui","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/bdui-Square-cover.jpg?v=1771986461","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-bdui","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}