{"product_id":"book-crk7","title":"In Extremis","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe inspiring and devastating biography of Marie Colvin, the foremost war reporter of her generation, who was killed in Syria in 2012, and whose life story also forms the basis of the feature film \u003ci\u003eA Private War\u003c\/i\u003e, starring Rosamund Pike as Colvin. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Marie Colvin was killed in an artillery attack in Homs, Syria, in 2012, at age fifty-six, the world lost a fearless and iconoclastic war correspondent who covered the most significant global calamities of her lifetime. \u003ci\u003eIn Extremis\u003c\/i\u003e, written by her fellow reporter Lindsey Hilsum, is a thrilling investigation into Colvin's epic life and tragic death based on exclusive access to her intimate diaries from age thirteen to her death, interviews with people from every corner of her life, and impeccable research. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter growing up in a middle-class Catholic family on Long Island, Colvin studied with the legendary journalist John Hersey at Yale, and eventually started working for \u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e of London, where she gained a reputation for bravery and compassion as she told the stories of victims of the major conflicts of our time. She lost sight in one eye while in Sri Lanka covering the civil war, interviewed Gaddafi and Arafat many times, and repeatedly risked her life covering conflicts in Chechnya, East Timor, Kosovo, and the Middle East. Colvin lived her personal life in extremis, too: bold, driven, and complex, she was married twice, took many lovers, drank and smoked, and rejected society's expectations for women. Despite PTSD, she refused to give up reporting. Like her hero Martha Gellhorn, Colvin was committed to bearing witness to the horrifying truths of war, and to shining a light on the profound suffering of ordinary people caught in the midst of conflict. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLindsey Hilsum's \u003ci\u003eIn Extremis\u003c\/i\u003e is a devastating and revelatory biography of one of the greatest war correspondents of her generation.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Macmillan Audio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49378307211568,"sku":"BDcrk7","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/crk7-Square-cover.jpg?v=1782390515","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-crk7","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}