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Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
by Laura Hillenbrand
I am so happy that my book club chose this book to read because I don't know if I would have picked it up otherwise. I don't particularly love non-fiction...
Even if you have issues with the telling of this story, everyone needs to read this book. It's about man's inhumanity to man, our ability to survive, and what makes us all human. One of the most intriguing parts of the story was Zamperini's insistence that it is the loss of human dignity, not water or food or shelter, that is the most efficient way to kill a man.
As Zamperini himself says, "If I knew I had to go through those experiences again, I'd kill myself."
If this book were fiction, I would think it was the worst book ever written because the events seem just so implausible -- from the sharks, to the camps, to Bird himself.
It's certainly a book that will leave you thinking about it long after you've finished the last page.
Even if you have issues with the telling of this story, everyone needs to read this book. It's about man's inhumanity to man, our ability to survive, and what makes us all human. One of the most intriguing parts of the story was Zamperini's insistence that it is the loss of human dignity, not water or food or shelter, that is the most efficient way to kill a man.
As Zamperini himself says, "If I knew I had to go through those experiences again, I'd kill myself."
If this book were fiction, I would think it was the worst book ever written because the events seem just so implausible -- from the sharks, to the camps, to Bird himself.
It's certainly a book that will leave you thinking about it long after you've finished the last page.