{"product_id":"unbroken-laura-hillenbrand-9780606355988","title":"Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption","description":"#1 \"NEW YORK TIMES\" BESTSELLER - SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE - Look for special features inside. Join the Random House Reader's Circle for author chats and more. \u003cbr\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. \u003cbr\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. \u003cbr\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. \u003cbr\u003eIn 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. \u003cbr\u003eHailed as the top nonfiction book of the year by \"Time\" magazine - Winner of the \"Los Angeles Times\" Book Prize for biography and the Indies Choice Adult Nonfiction Book of the Year award \u003cbr\u003e \"Extraordinarily moving . . . a powerfully drawn survival epic.\"--\"The Wall Street Journal\"\u003cbr\u003e\" \"\u003cbr\u003e \" 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\"\"\" \u003cbr\u003e \"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\"\u003cbr\u003e\" \"\u003cbr\u003e \"A meticulous, soaring and beautifully written account of an extraordinary life.\"\"--The Washington Post\"\u003cbr\u003e\" \"\u003cbr\u003e \"Ambitious and powerful . . . a startling narrative and an inspirational book.\"\"--The New York Times Book Review\"\u003cbr\u003e\" \"\u003cbr\u003e \"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\" \u003cbr\u003e \"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\" \u003cbr\u003e \"Hillenbrand . . . tells  this] story with cool elegance but at a thrilling sprinter's pace.\"--\"Time\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Laura Hillenbrand\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0606355987\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780606355988\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Turtleback Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/29\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 528\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.30w x 1.30d","brand":"Laura Hillenbrand","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44044719653119,"sku":"9780606355988","price":36.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2d3ba488-0729-403a-b7ea-d49bd0204fa2.jpg?v=1684974488","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/unbroken-laura-hillenbrand-9780606355988","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}