{"product_id":"unbroken-a-world-war-ii-story-of-survival-resilience-and-redemption-by-laura-hillenbrand","title":"Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand - Used","description":"\u003cp\u003e#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The incredible true story of survival and salvation that is the basis for two major motion pictures: Unbroken and Unbroken: Path to Redemption.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Extraordinarily moving . . . a powerfully drawn survival epic.”—The Wall Street Journal\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHailed as the top nonfiction book of the year by Time magazine • Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for biography\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAhead 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLaura 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"secondchancereads","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51708072689880,"sku":"9780812974492","price":13.5,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/7704\/9816\/files\/9780812974492.jpg?v=1779482103","url":"https:\/\/secondchancereads.com\/products\/unbroken-a-world-war-ii-story-of-survival-resilience-and-redemption-by-laura-hillenbrand","provider":"secondchancereads","version":"1.0","type":"link"}