Unbroken - Laura Hillenbrand

A young lieutenant, Louis Zamperini, survived a plane crash when the Army Air Forces bomber of which he was the bombardier crashed into the Pacific Ocean leaving nothing but debris, oil and blood behind. It was a May afternoon in 1943 and he was stranded in a life raft with thousands of miles of Open Ocean all around him. Now he faces his greatest challenge yet, pushed to his limits Zamperini fights for his survival and fate with hope, determination and even humour. Laura Hillenbrand tells an unforgettable story of an extraordinary mans and the resilience of the human body mind and spirit when pushed into extremities.