Pages From the Heart
Monday, April 8, 2013
New Doodlebug
Just putting Doodlebug's Fruit Stand papers and embellishments on the shelves! Doodlebug always brightens my day!!
Thursday, April 4, 2013
Book Worms Meet Pages Peeps - May 1
The next meeting of the BookWorms Meet Pages Peeps book club will be Wednesday May 1 at 6pm. The book for discussion is "Unbroken" described below. Bring a project to work on and enjoy a fun evening! $10 includes dinner. The next meeting will be Wednesday May 29 and we will be picking the book selection at the May 1 meeting....so bring your suggestions!
Unbroken: A WWII Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption
Laura Hillenbrand
Unbroken: A WWII Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption
Laura Hillenbrand
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.
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.
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