Foreign Correspondence: A Pen Pal's Journey from Down Under to All Over

As a young girl in a working-class neighborhood of Sydney, Australia, Geraldine Brooks longed to discover the places where history happens and culture comes from, so she enlisted pen pals who offered her a window on adolescence in the Middle East, Europe, and America. Twenty years later Brooks, an award-winning foreign correspondent, embarked on a human treasure hunt to find her pen friends. She found men and women whose lives had been shaped by war and hatred, by fame and notoriety, and by the ravages of mental illness. Intimate, moving, and often humorous, Foreign Correspondence speaks to the unquiet heart of every girl who has ever yearned to become a woman of the world.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Published: 01/19/1999
ISBN: 9780385483735
Pages: 240
Weight: 0.44lbs
Size: 7.94h x 5.46w x 0.65d

Review Citations: New York Times 02/07/1999 pg. 24
NY Times Notable Bks of Year 01/01/1999 pg. 80