Laura Hillenbrand
Wow, what an interesting read. This was definitely tough to get through at times. I am a little embarrassed to admit I almost never think of anything other than the persecuted Jewish people when I think of World War II. While they absolutely deserve our respect and remembrance, there are so many other people who suffered miserably for our freedoms and fought valiantly for them. I thought this was a very interesting picture of a soldier's life on the Japanese side of the story. I really like that the author portrayed Louie as he was lovable at times, and very unlovable at others. I think she did a great job of letting us learn to love and respect him on our own. I did think the acknowledgements were interesting when she mentioned some of his fellow soldiers. Because Louie was famous for being a great runner he was automatically a great and well know soldier, I wonder if it was even harder to be an outstanding soldier and who gets lost in the shuffle because you weren't famous before hand. A very interesting read. Well worth the time it took, but you may have to step away occasionally it is pretty heavy. I am once again finding myself so very thankful for my charmed life!
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