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

from Donna828

The three words in the subtitle -- survival, resilience, and redemption -- are at the very heart of this book. This is an excellent narrative history about what it takes to survive the horrors of being a Japanese POW during WWII. Hillenbrand chooses to tell this survival story through the experie...

from gooutsideandplay

Sorry, spoilers.... This is one of those rare books that combines superb writing, biographical and historical significance and a message of hope, inspiration and joy. I purchased the Kindle edition on an impulse, because I wanted something to download to my brand-new Kindle on Christmas morning. ...

from Donna828

The three words in the subtitle -- survival, resilience, and redemption -- are at the very heart of this book. This is an excellent narrative history about what it takes to survive the horrors of being a Japanese POW during WWII. Hillenbrand chooses to tell this survival story through the experie...

from msf59

Louie Zamperini began life as a fleet-footed juvenile delinquent. After a healthy nudge from his older brother, he finds himself in high school track and is quickly smashing state records and suddenly qualifies for the 1936 Olympics. He performs honorably, with his sights firmly on the '40 Olympi...

from tloeffler

If this had been a fiction book, I would have thrown it across the room for being so unrealistic. It is a true story, however, and I am in awe. Louis Zamperini was an Olympic runner in the 1930s, who joined the Air Force during World War II. He was extremely rambunctious as a child, but when he d...