Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption

We will be in on the very back porch adjacent to the parking lot.

In the case of inclement weather we will meet at Black Potion. I will post an update the day of the event.

Also I will work on posting a group viewing of the movie if there is interest

November Book Club Discussion:

Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption

By Laura Hillenbrand

Random.org - selected 313 (of 452)
Suggested by Ricky

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8664353-unbroken

On a May afternoon in 1943, an Army Air Forces bomber crashed into the Pacific Ocean and disappeared, leaving only a spray of debris and a slick of oil, gasoline, and blood. Then, on the ocean surface, a face appeared. It was that of a young lieutenant, the plane's bombardier, who was struggling to a life raft and pulling himself aboard. So began one of the most extraordinary odysseys of the Second World War.

The lieutenant’s name was Louis Zamperini. In boyhood, he'd been a cunning and incorrigible delinquent, breaking into houses, brawling, and fleeing his home to ride the rails. As a teenager, he had channeled his defiance into running, discovering a prodigious talent that had carried him to the Berlin Olympics and within sight of the four-minute mile. But when war had come, the athlete had become an airman, embarking on a journey that led to his doomed flight, a tiny raft, and a drift into the unknown.

Ahead of Zamperini lay thousands of miles of open ocean, leaping sharks, a foundering raft, thirst and starvation, enemy aircraft, and, beyond, a trial even greater. Driven to the limits of endurance, Zamperini would answer desperation with ingenuity; suffering with hope, resolve, and humor; brutality with rebellion. His fate, whether triumph or tragedy, would be suspended on the fraying wire of his will.

475 pages, Hardcover
First published November 16, 2010

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