A Mighty Heart: The Brave Life and Death of My Husband Danny Pearl by Mariane Pearl; Abridged MP3 Audio Book; Narrator Mariane Pearl

In A Mighty Heart an astonishingly courageous woman tells the terrifying and unforgettable story of her husband's life and death. For five weeks, the world watched and worried about Danny Pearl, a reporter for The Wall Street Journal, kidnapped in Karachi, Pakistan. And then came the news of his shocking and brutal murder. Danny's reasons for being in Karachi, the complete story of his abduction, and the intense effort to find him are told here for the first time.

Mariane and Danny Pearl were working in South Asia because they believed that good reporting is essential to our understanding of the complexity of regional politics and religions. They knew the risks inherent in the life they chose and took conscientious precautions.

There are many mighty hearts in the Pearl story, many brave people who helped Mariane in her search for her abducted husband. This account is riveting, illuminating, and heart-breaking. We learn about the terrorists' methods, ideologies, and ruthless violence. As soon as Pearl was discovered missing, a global effort began to locate him and identify his captors—a race against the clock that spanned the dangerous fissures of culture and politics and language that separate Islamic terrorists and America.

Only one person can tell this story: Danny Pearl's wife, Mariane, for it is she who initiated and helped direct the urgent search for her husband and she who can paint a moving portrait of a marriage built on the ideals of truth, justice, and love.

"Pearl's generosity and calm strength raise her book from a simple widow's narrative into something larger: not just a personal triumph over a great personal tragedy, but a lesson in not giving up the attempt to understand."

-- The New York Review of Books

"A brave and beautifully written book...Mariane Pearl moves beyond horror and grief to write elegantly and knowledgeably about the vortex of religion, politics, and terrorism into which her husband was swept."

-- The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

"Mariane Pearl's spirit is indomitable."

-- O, The Oprah Magazine

"Both a love story and a taut, well-paced, well-researched thriller set against the backdrop of international terrorism...Mariane Pearl is both sharp-eyed and practical."

-- Houston Chronicle

"A most remarkable woman. The book is heart-wrenching and extraordinary."

-- John le Carré

"A Mighty Heart sears the soul...Mariane Pearl's portraits of the men and women who kept her whole...mix affection, respect, and crisp detail...[and] break your heart."

-- The philadelphia Inquirer

"[A] beautiful book...for its grace and compassion, for its sharp, unmitigated sense of morality and anger."

-- Minneapolis Star Tribune

"Pearl's book is a sort of mourning, a way of uniting language and memory...[A]story of a shared life, a true love. and a true loss."

-- Chicago Tribune

"A Mighty Heart is filled with tenderness and terror. Beautifully written and achingly emotional, [the Pearls'] love story is one you won't forget."

-- Lifetime

"A Mighty Heart is spare but eloquent."

-- The Sunday Oregonian

Mariane Pearl is an award-winning documentary film director who produced and hosted a daily radio show for Radio France Internationale and has written for Télérama. She lives in New York.