Unbroken

I just finished a wonderful biography about the life of Louis Zamperini called Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand. I know that Alex, Max and Cindy have read this book but I think they read it last year before we started this blog. I highly recommend it to anyone who wants a good read and fascinating story. Hillenbrand is the author of Seabiscuit and has done a wonderful job telling the life story of Zamperini.

Without giving anything away I was captivated by the life of this man who was a terror to his town and parents when he was a kid, but soon became the town's hero when he almost broke the 4 minute mile and ran in the Berlin Olympics. He then became a lieutenant and bombardier in the air force during WWII. His plane was downed in the Pacific. He and two other men survived on a raft no bigger than a bath tube in shark infested waters while being shot at by a Japanese plane. He then washed up in Japanese territory and endured some of the most inhumane treatment that was routine in Japanese POW camps during WWII. As incredible a story that is the book still has many more chapters after the end of WWII.

I don't think I would have read this book (I don't read many biography's) except that Alex read parts of it to me and intrigued me. That and the fact that I just read Lit by Rienke and have been challenged to read a larger variety of books. I think now I am hooked on bio's and would welcome any suggestions. :) (Yes Alex, I DO intend to listen to the Bonhoeffer bio...how could I not after all you have told me ;) Anyway its a good read and we have it if anyone wants to borrow it.