Unbroken

As an avid fiction reader, I sometimes find non-fiction to be dry. On any given day, I'd much rather read fiction. When I find a writer like Laura Hillenbrand, however, it is easy to get wrapped up in the story. She is an expert storyteller.
Unbroken is the tale of Louis Zamperini: impossible child, Olympic runner, World War II bombardier, and POW survivor. Louis lives a golden life, unscathed, charming...until his plane crashes.
For 47 days he is adrift, fighting off insanity and sharks, until he lands on Japanese controlled shores...where the truly hard journey begins. He is captured, tortured - physically and mentally, and forced to live in horrible conditions. He is starved, beaten, and stripped of dignity.
Yet through it all, Zamperini triumphs. Each page, I kept thinking that things couldn't get any worse, and they did. But the message of hope prevails. What should be an overwhelmingly sad story leaves you inspired.
That, folks, is good writing!
Make sure to check it out.