Unbroken - Laura Hillenbrand
Unbroken - Laura Hillenbrand
Non-Fiction
Pages: 500
Laura Hillenbrand's first book Seabiscuit
is one of my favourite reads; I've read it multiple times, which is unusual for me for a non-fiction book. But she is such a wonderful storyteller and her books are as readable as fiction - and this one is no exception.
I couldn't put this down. I started it one day, finished it the next - and that was with working full-time in-between. I have no doubt that someone somewhere is planning the film version of this, because, well, what a story! What a life! From juvenile delinquent to Olympic runner, from Air Force bombardier to castaway, from Japanese prisoner-of-war to inspirational speaker, from officially dead to most definitely alive, Louis Zamperini's story is so incredible you can hardly believe it's true.
Hillenbrand's account of Zamperini's two and a half years in a Japanese prisoner of war is so harrowing it's hard to read, but if Zamperini and men like him survived it then the very least we can do is read about it, learn from it, never forget it. This is an incredible story, tremendously moving and uplifting, and Louis Zamperini - still alive! - is one hell of a man.
Non-Fiction
Pages: 500
Laura Hillenbrand's first book Seabiscuit
is one of my favourite reads; I've read it multiple times, which is unusual for me for a non-fiction book. But she is such a wonderful storyteller and her books are as readable as fiction - and this one is no exception.
I couldn't put this down. I started it one day, finished it the next - and that was with working full-time in-between. I have no doubt that someone somewhere is planning the film version of this, because, well, what a story! What a life! From juvenile delinquent to Olympic runner, from Air Force bombardier to castaway, from Japanese prisoner-of-war to inspirational speaker, from officially dead to most definitely alive, Louis Zamperini's story is so incredible you can hardly believe it's true.
Hillenbrand's account of Zamperini's two and a half years in a Japanese prisoner of war is so harrowing it's hard to read, but if Zamperini and men like him survived it then the very least we can do is read about it, learn from it, never forget it. This is an incredible story, tremendously moving and uplifting, and Louis Zamperini - still alive! - is one hell of a man.