Note: I won a copy of this book from the Goodreads First Reads giveaway program.

Writing about what I read would probably be easier if I paused every once in a while to take proper notes. I stubbornly continue to neglect to tear my self away from a good book because I don't like to be pulled out of the story. I would rather bury myself in it. The characters. A sense of time. A sense of place. Gerry Hadden succeeded in making his experiences come alive on the page. Great for me. Bad for you because this "review" will suck.

I don't spend a lot of time reading memoirs but it was interesting to get a behind-the-scenes look at what life was like working as NPR's foreign correspondent in Latin America and Haiti. Rootless. Stressful. Dangerous. Thrilling. I was less interested in his budding love life and his encounters with ghosts in Mexico City. ( )