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This was a quick listen, just under 5 1/2 hours at original speed. It describes physical aspects of the survival of the 1972 plane crash in the Andes, but it‘s even more about the mental and spiritual experiences of the author. This includes the brotherhood of the survivors and how the experience impacted the rest of his life.

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#ReadingTheAmericas2023 set in #Argentina & author from #Uruguay

This is the story of one of the survivors from the airplane crash in the Andes mountains in 1972. The survivors were rescued after 72 days of living on the very edge of life and death. As a kid, I‘d read Alive, an excruciatingly detailed book about it. This shorter book tells the same story but it is also a love story to the mountain into which they crashed, from which the author continues to experience a profound peace. That alone seems ⬇️

“the heart that beats too quickly and then calms itself and follows a slower and slower rhythm, one beat and a moment later, another one, as if in the interval the heart is judging whether it is worth the struggle, as if the latest beat were a charity, an act of kindness, the ticktock of an old grandfather clock.”

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I started this book last night. I‘m a bit nervous because I read about the crash in Alive when I was a kid and it was extremely graphic about the cannibalism. I hope this one is cannibalism-light. #foodandlit #Argentina @Catsandbooks @Butterfinger

Love my new coffee cup!

This first hand experience was eye opening. It provided me with a few of the sacrifices one will make to willfully survive all challenges no matter how miraculous it may seem. Will for surviving allowed these 16 men to overcome all types of dangers.

Just started today and can't seem to put it down. What an incredible book about determination and survival.

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A few of these offerings look very good and I'm most excited about the tagged memoir.

https://www.amazon.com/article/read-the-world-2020

In 1972, a plane carrying rugby teammates, family and friends, crashed into the Andes Mts. Written beautifully, this memoir, published nearly 50 years later, illustrates survivors coming full circle with the tragedy. Their will to live was miraculous in deadly circumstances