Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
In 1943, Louis Zamperini, a former Olympic runner, went down in his bomber in the Pacific Ocean. After drifting with two other survivors, doing without food and water, driving off shark attacks, and miraculously surviving a strafing by a Japanese fighter plane, Louis and Russell Phillips (called Phil) were captured by the Japanese and taken to POW camp. The third man had died in the life raft. That was just the beginning. This is an amazing story of hope and survival, even thriving against all odds. Louis and Phil both survived more than 2 years in conditions that are described in horrific detail. When they came home, they had to overcome the psychological damage done to them by their time in captivity. Louis’s story is the triumph of faith over human nature, of forgiveness over hatred, and of hope over desolation.
