Loin de son image de pin-up, Pamela raconte son histoire, celle d’un esprit libre qui rentre à la maison et se redécouvre à chaque tournant. Avec une prose vivante entrecoupée de poèmes, Pamela se confie sur les moments les plus extraordinaires et aussi les plus éprouvants de son incroyable histoire. Pamela Anderson, la naïade de la série TV Alerte à Malibu, était omniprésente dans les années 1990. Originaire de Vancouver, au Canada, Pamela a vécu une enfance difficile, durant laquelle elle a développé son amour profond pour la nature, peuplant son monde des animaux blessés du coin. En surmontant sa timidité naturelle et grâce à une imagination débordante, Pamela s’est finalement propulsée dans une vie de rêve, des plages de Malibu à la scène du Playboy Mansion. Au fur et à mesure que sa célébrité grandissait, elle s’est retrouvée dans les pages des tabloïds, à l’apogée d’une époque où les tactiques des paparazzi s’apparentaient à une véritable traque. « J’ai tendance à voir des diamants dans les morceaux de charbon de l’or dans le nickel. Je suis une alchimiste à attirer ces personnages fantastiques qui me détruisent systématiquement. »
This book examines the ethics and values that render a war discourse normative, and features the stories of American soldiers who fought in the Iraq War to show how this narrative can change. The invasion of Iraq, launched in March 2003, was led by the United States under the now discredited claim that Iraq was developing weapons of mass destruction (WMD). However, critical questions concerning what we may be able to learn from this experience remain largely unexplored. The focus of this book, therefore, is on soldiers as systems of war – and the internal battle many of them wage as they live a reality that slowly emerges as inconsistent with familiar beliefs and value commitments. This work offers a reflective study of identity struggle from the perspective of emotional psychology and delves into the ‘narrative field’ of socio-politics. Going beyond the political contestations over the U.S. military intervention in Iraq, the author analyses original research on the evolving beliefs and value-commitments of veterans of the war, exploring their faith in its ‘just cause’ and their personal sense of self and national identity. This book will be of much interest to students of the Iraq War, US foreign policy, military studies, discourse analysis, and IR in general.
In the quiet time of my life in prayer and meditation, I felt impressed to write devotions. I had just brought my husband in from a long hospital stay after being diagnosed with congestion heart failure and staying in ICU I was very tired. I stayed so close to him. When doctors said he wasn't going to make it, I just kept praying and calling for prayer, going to the chapel, seeking God. When he began to get better, I knew then God was going to help him and give him more time, but I didn't stop praying. I continued on. Then we found out he had to be transferred to another hospital for an emergency surgery for a triple bypass, so I felt a lot of comfort from God and just kept on praying and asking for prayer and always calling for prayer, going to find the chapel, spending time in the quiet chapel on my knees, crying and praying. He was at that hospital for about a month. Finally, back to my home in the country, while I took care of him while he was asleep and resting. Throughout the day and evening, God laid it on my heart to write devotions. I realized I needed healing to after all that, and I had went through several hurts in life, so it got to be kind of healing for me to write devotions. Late in the evening, I would read some of them to my husband, Paul, and he liked them. I would write them only when I had quiet times. It began to bring healing in my life. My devotions are about my Christian raising growing up, like my parents, some about my family, which is about my kids and grandkids, faith-building scriptures and biblical stories, and about myself. I hope my book gives you more hope, love, faith, a stronger dedication, and a real seriousness of Jesus Christ. Love in Christ, Pam
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