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Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption
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July 1, 2023
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August 31, 2023
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Diana S
Aug 27, 2016 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: read-in-2016, favorite-books
What a Story!!!! It was very tough to read at times. I got myself gasping quite a few times. Definitely a Good Read!
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Emma Radford
Jul 11, 2013 rated it liked it
Unbroken is the biography of, American runner and bombardier in World War II, Louis Zamperini. By habit, I am not a reader of biographies and certainly struggled to engage with the text for at least the first hundred pages - almost giving up at one point! However, once Zamperini was bombed down over the Pacific and found himself extremely vulnerable from threat of dehydration, starvation, shark attack and even attack from Japanese pilots the narrative soon had me hungry for more details. A devas ...more
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Cynthia
Feb 04, 2013 rated it liked it
Shelves: history
I read this because I loved the book on Seabiscuit. This one is also well written and intense. It was much less enjoyable because of the torture that Zamperini endured and the resulting trauma which he brought back with him. Nonetheless, it is an important book and I'm glad I read it. ...more
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Andrea "Drea"
Aug 14, 2014 rated it it was amazing
If I could I'd give 10 stars. ...more
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Marie
Apr 02, 2015 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: non-fiction
Almost a week after finishing this book and it's still in my thoughts daily. Highly recommend this book! ...more
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Megan
Nov 10, 2012 marked it as to-read
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Megan
May 17, 2014 marked it as bfl
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Dec 22, 2014 marked it as non-fiction-to-read
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