As a young reporter, Arnaud De Decker traveled through Ukraine, a country torn apart by the largest war on the European continent since World War II. He met construction workers, students, and teachers who suddenly became soldiers, as well as women and children who had to miss their loved ones. He witnessed how a free country with big dreams turned into a nation in survival mode, where fear and sorrow went hand in hand with resilience and hope. This book is not only a collection of the stories he heard along the way but also a behind-the-scenes look at a journalist who ventures ever deeper into the war. A raw and honest account of loss, courage, and the human side of war—and about how, as a journalist, you sometimes stop being just an observer.
Hardcover
20 x 13 x 2 cm
224 pages
Dutch
Release year 2025
De Geus