Book info

• Title On the Front Line with the Women Who Fight Back
• Author Stacey Dooley
• Year 2019
• Genre Non-fiction

Over her ten years of documentary film making, Stacey Dooley has covered a wide variety of topics, from sex trafficking in Cambodia to Yazidi women fighting back in Syria. At the heart of all her reporting are incredible women in extraordinary situations: sex workers in Russia, victims of domestic violence in Honduras, and many more. On the Frontline with the Women who Fight Back, draws on Stacey's encounters with the brave, wonderful women she has met over her career to explore the issues of gender equality, domestic violence, sexual identity and, at its centre, womanhood in the world today.

Thoughts

I’ve never actually watched a Stacey Dooley documentary but often see them popping up on iPlayer, and they seem to be pretty popular. I think if you had seen them all, the book might not be that interesting as it just recaps different topics and talks about the experience of making them. But as I haven’t, it was interesting and harrowing to read about these women going through such awful things and still being resilient and brave to continue fighting on.

Rating: 3 / 5