UNBROKEN by Laura Hillenbrand (Seabiscuit) is a hard book to read-not because of her excellent writing but because of the horrors it reveals. The book is subtitled A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption. The true story of Louis Zamperini begins with his birth and his outrageous younger years, his time as an Olympic runner and ends when he is in his 90's, having survived being cast adrift in a raft during World War II and several years in a POW camp in Japan. I wrote once before about WWI and the fact that there was no acceptance of PTSD. World War II survivors faced the same situation, and Zamperini's fall after surviving his suffering during the war is tragic to read about.
I recommend it highly.
About Me
- Rowena
- I am a bibliomaniac.I lived with two Scottish Deerhounds and an old cat. In December Oona died and I (and Taz) still miss her very much. Her ashes are buried under the mountain ash with the other deerhounds-my pack. Now, Taz and I are much happier to have Fingal in our pack. I read a lot, write a lot-working away on about the 20th rewrite of two novels about the Battle of Culloden. I like cooking, walking, movies, writing of course, being with my friends. I live on Whidbey Island, surounded by sea and mountains, so much as I love to travel, I love coming home. Oh, yes, and I travel when I can. I've been to Scotland and Belize 5 times, to Morocco, Turkey, Spain, Portugal, France, Germany, Austria, and best of all (except Scotland) Italy. I'm always looking for my next destination- and the next book to read.
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