Jennifer P. (ped1990) reviewed on 5/21/2014 + 70 more book reviews

This book literally changed my life. Five stars are not nearly enough. Louis Zamperini's story is so powerful and so hard to absorb - there were several times I had to walk away and try to regroup. There were many tears - of sadness and happiness. What an amazing man with an amazing history. This book meant so much to me because my maternal grandfather (who died when my mother was a young girl) was a Japanese POW during WWII. Mr. Zamperini's story helped our family to uncover our grandfather's story and to bring sense to the years between the end of the war and his death.

I learned more from this book about WWII and the resiliency of the human body and spirit than I ever could have learned in a history class.

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