Unbroken

Over the holidays I did two things in addition to being with my people.  The first was I quilted.  I'm about this close (picture me showing you an inch with my fingers) to finishing a quilt top.  I'm beyond excited to have it done.  I bought the kit about 8 months ago and am just getting around to starting and finishing it.  It makes me happy!

The second was I read.  A gentleman I work for told me about a new book called Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand.  It came with the pitch of, "if you don't read any other book ever again, this is the book to read."

I put it on my Christmas list and planned on reading it.  Someday.

I had time between quilting and dancing, so I cracked it open.  Around the third sentence I couldn't put it down.  It's a biography on a man named Louie Zamperini.  He was a rebellious teen, a running sensation and then a Japanese P.O.W. 

To say it's an incredible story is an understatement.  That's only half the story.  What he did post-war is just as amazing.

It's a story of forgiveness.  If you have some time, I highly recommend the read.  It brought me to tears on more than on occasion.  Yet it left me with a hope that I can't quite describe.  It is worth your time.

If you never read another book ever again, this is the book to read.

I promise!