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Valentine's Day, ,
Have you read UNBROKEN: A WWII STORY OF SURVIVAL, RESILIENCE AND REDEMPTION, by Laura Hillenbrand?
I read it over the past two days and could not put it down. Like PURE GRIT it is a story of WWII POWs in the Pacific, and I highly recommend it, though it fell a little flat for me. It has been highly praised, and Louie Zamperiani is indeed a man of great resourcefulness and
grit. Definitely worth reading. He was on track to be the fastest miler in the world after placing 7th in the 5000 meters at the Berlin Olympics. World War II disrupted his running career, as well as his life when his plane went down over the Pacific and he was captured by the Japanese.
My first PURE GRIT event is a short ten days away. If you're in the neighborhood, I hope to see you at
Eastern Washington University, February 26th at noon at the JFK Library. I'll be signing books in Seattle, Gig Harbor and Spokane in the next few weeks. Click here for my schedule of events.
The reviews for PURE GRIT continue to come in and I am grateful they are positive, I've share a couple below. I fell in love with the women featured in this book.I fell in love with their strength, determination, and willpower.
I fell in love with their grit.
I fell in love with this book. The strength showed by these women is exemplary and it's sad that it took this long for their story to be told in the way they deserve. Read more... Pure Grit tells an amazing, previously untold, story about 79 American Army and Navy nurses - all of them white females - who were captured by the Japanese during World War II and held as prisoners of war in the Philippines. It's grisly stuff, and Farrell's detailed descriptions are vividly grotesque. What's more, while she celebrates the stamina and sheer audacity of this band of sisters, she also makes clear that putting oneself in harm's way, as these women did, is a surefire introduction to a
bloody, chaotic and disease-ridden hell. Farrell neither celebrates patriotism nor condemns war. Nonetheless, as the story unfolds, so does the horror. Read more... If you know anyone who might enjoy this newsletter, please forward it. I have a passion sharing for stories about people facing great adversity with courage. Through my writing and research I have learned that our darkest moments offer the opportunity to discover strength and our own inner compass toward the greater good. To find out more about my books, my calendar or how I
help students, teachers and librarians visit my website. www.MaryCronkFarrell.com Thank
you! Mary
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