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Extraordinarily moving . . . a powerfully drawn survival epic. -- The Wall Street Journal [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 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 A meticulous, soaring and beautifully written account of an extraordinary life. --The Washington Post Ambitious and powerful . . . a startling narrative and an inspirational book. --The New York Times Book Review 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 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 Hillenbrand . . . tells [this] story with cool elegance but at a thrilling sprinter's pace. -- Time Unbroken is too much book to hope for: a hellride of a story in the grip of the one writer who can handle it. . . . When it comes to courage, charisma, and impossible adventure, few will ever match 'the boy terror of Torrance, ' and few but the author of Seabiscuit could tell his tale with such humanity and dexterity. Hillenbrand has given us a new national treasure. --Christopher McDougall, author of Born to Run Riveting . . . an exceptional portrait . . . So haunting and so beautifully written, those who fall under its spell will never again feel the same way about World War II and one of its previously

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"Laura Hillenbrand""""is the author of the #1 ""New York Times"" bestseller ""Seabiscuit: An American Legend, ""which was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, won the Book Sense Book of the Year Award and the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award, landed on more than fifteen best-of-the-year lists, and inspired the film ""Seabiscuit, ""which was nominated for seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Hillenbrand's ""New Yorker"" article, ""A Sudden Illness,"" won the 2004 National Magazine Award, and she is a two-time winner of the Eclipse Award, the highest journalistic honor in Thoroughbred racing. She and actor Gary Sinise are the co-founders of Operation International Children, a charity that provides school supplies to children through American troops. She lives in Washington, D.C."

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