{"product_id":"hillenbrand-laura-unbroken-9781400064168","title":"Unbroken","description":"#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The incredible true story of survival and salvation that is the basis for two major motion pictures: 2014's Unbroken and the upcoming Unbroken: Path to Redemption. 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. Praise for Unbroken \"Extraordinarily moving . . . a powerfully drawn survival epic.\"-The Wall Street Journal \"[A] one-in-a-billion story . . . designed to wrench from self-respecting critics all the blurby adjectives we normally try to avoid: It is amazing, unforgettable, gripping, harrowing, chilling, and inspiring.\"-New York \"Staggering . . . mesmerizing . . . Hillenbrand's writing is so ferociously cinematic, the events she describes so incredible, you don't dare take your eyes off the page.\"-People \"A meticulous, soaring and beautifully written account of an extraordinary life.\"-The Washington Post \"Ambitious and powerful . . . a startling narrative and an inspirational book.\"-The New York Times Book Review \"Marvelous . . . Unbroken is wonderful twice over, for the tale it tells and for the way it's told. . . . It manages maximum velocity with no loss of subtlety.\"-Newsweek \"Moving and, yes, inspirational . . . [Laura] Hillenbrand's unforgettable book . . . deserve[s] pride of place alongside the best works of literature that chart the complications and the hard-won triumphs of so-called ordinary Americans and their extraordinary time.\"-Maureen Corrigan, Fresh Air \"Hillenbrand . . . tells [this] story with cool elegance but at a thrilling sprinter's pace.\"-Time \"Unbroken is too much book to hope for: a hellride of a story in the grip of the one writer who can handle it.\"-Christopher McDougall, author of Born to Run","brand":"Random House Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Used - like new","offer_id":53364621050198,"sku":"9781400064168-N","price":6.79,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"Used - good","offer_id":53423741272406,"sku":"9781400064168-G","price":4.69,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Used - very good","offer_id":53492961870166,"sku":"9781400064168-V","price":6.69,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Used - acceptable","offer_id":53492962066774,"sku":"9781400064168-B","price":3.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/5829\/5382\/files\/product_image_9781400064168_1_e9b858ef-824e-466a-b8f5-8c2de6f61fad.jpg?v=1777978646","url":"https:\/\/www.momoxbooks.com\/products\/hillenbrand-laura-unbroken-9781400064168","provider":"momoxbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}