Book of the Month

Earlier this month my girl friend Shelley decided to put together a book club for us ladies.  I thought it was a fabulous idea.  I love reading, but I tend to either read Romantic Comedy type books or books about the CIA/FBI (same with movies..huh?).  Joining a book club gives you the opportunity to read books in genre's that you wouldn't normally read.  So, at the beginning of each month one person in the group chooses a book for everyone to read, then at the end of the month we all head over to that persons house to talk about the book, drink wine and munch on yummy snacks...not a bad gig if you ask me.

 

This month's book was a perfect example of me reading something that is not in my typical repitoire.  The book Unbroken, by Laura Hildenbrand, is a book that I constantly eye on my Kindle Fire.  I have probably read the overview a hundred times but never commit.  This gave me that reason.  And boy was I glad!! This book was beyond amazing.  I couldn't stop reading it and I really got attached to the main character Louis.  So much so that when I finished the book I was ligit sad that he would be out of my life. 

 

If you haven't read it, I highly reccommend it.  Below is the description from Amazon

On a May afternoon in 1943, an Army Air Forces bomber crashed into the Pacific Ocean and disappeared, leaving only a spray of debris and a slick of oil, gasoline, and blood. Then, on the ocean surface, a face appeared. It was that of a young lieutenant, the plane’s bombardier, who was struggling to a life raft and pulling himself aboard. So began one of the most extraordinary odysseys of the Second World War.

The lieutenant’s name was Louis Zamperini. In boyhood, he’d been a cunning and incorrigible delinquent, breaking into houses, brawling, and fleeing his home to ride the rails. As a teenager, he had channeled his defiance into running, discovering a prodigious talent that had carried him to the Berlin Olympics and within sight of the four-minute mile. But when war had come, the athlete had become an airman, embarking on a journey that led to his doomed flight, a tiny raft, and a drift into the unknown.

Ahead of Zamperini lay thousands of miles of open ocean, leaping sharks, a foundering raft, thirst and starvation, enemy aircraft, and, beyond, a trial even greater. Driven to the limits of endurance, Zamperini would answer desperation with ingenuity; suffering with hope, resolve, and humor; brutality with rebellion. His fate, whether triumph or tragedy, would be suspended on the fraying wire of his will.

In her long-awaited new book, Laura Hillenbrand writes with the same rich and vivid narrative voice she displayed in Seabiscuit. Telling an unforgettable story of a man’s journey into extremity, Unbroken is a testament to the resilience of the human mind, body, and spirit.

 

 

Louis Zamperini

  

Louis when he was a track star at USC

 

Louis checking out a huge hole in his B-24 Bomber - courtesy of the Japenese

 

Louis when he finally returned home from his multiple years away at various POW camps

 

So touching!! I wish I could meet him!! I have so much respect for the men and women who serve in our miltary and the sometimes horendous things they have to endure.

 

God Bless America

 

xoxo

C&R