There are little points, barely mentioned, where she realises that a boy she had spoken to was killed, or where she watches children pick litter in the street to earn money, or sees children being sold into the sex trade at the age of 5 or 6 because they can't afford not to or where she's told how gangs would come in and make family members amputate each others limbs, or sees children carrying guns where you can feel how it affects her. The book is written such as we would write - chronicling little things and snippets of conversation as she discovers how different life is. Almost from the start you warm to her, even if you didn't like her. This book is her diaries during those trips and her thoughts and experiences. That's partly why I read this and the other was that it gave me a significant push into Asia that I needed for my challenge.Īnyway, before Brangelina and all the kids Angelina Jolie was recruited as a UN Goodwill Ambassador for Refugees and as part of her duties she went travelling around the world to different areas to talk to displaced people. I think that she's an amazing woman, a great actress and classier than certain people who feel the need to name-drop her in every other interview.
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