Miracle in the Andes: 72 Days on the Mountain and My Long Trek Home
by Nando Parrado, Vince Rause
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Author: Nando Parrado, Vince RauseEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2007-05-15
ISBN: 140009769X
Number of pages: 304
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
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Book Review: My life-altering book
Summary: 5 Stars
This book saved my life. My goal in this review isn't to explain the contents or to judge it objectively, but to describe how it impacted MY life.
I was struggling with the darkest days of having lost a loved one in a sudden random and senseless tragedy last Fall, which subsequently brought a stark and clear picture of how fragile the world around me was. Though had I bought and read "Miracle In the Andes" several times in early 2008, I was startled by the dimension and power that was revealed by the words through my unfiltered pain and loss later in the year.
Parrado's depth of feeling shines through his writing with Rause. The book gives a human dimension to his experiences, focusing on his psychology alone. The pacing is perfect, making it an easy read yet forcing me to simplify the complexities in my own life. The book made one thing abundantly clear: For love to exist in this harsh, sometimes cruel world, THAT in itself is a miracle. Death is a certainty, so embrace life. Share love. Live fully for yourself and the loved ones who no longer can. Do not allow a tragedy to define you, but do allow it to teach you.
I am fortunate Parrado has shared his intimate, unimaginable losses and experience with readers. Perhaps it was his beliefs were already similar to mine, or that his words were so compelling it made me examine my own faith. In the end, it didn't matter- I was engrossed. The more I read it, the more the book dragged me back onto the cliff and allowed me to emerge from the painful fog in which I had been drifting aimlessly and angrily. It reminded me that the world still rotates, that "getting on with it" to overcome my "personal Andes" was the best gift I could give myself.
Summary of Miracle in the Andes: 72 Days on the Mountain and My Long Trek Home
In the first hours there was nothing, no fear or sadness, just a black and perfect silence.Nando Parrado was unconscious for three days before he woke to discover that the plane carrying his rugby team, as well as their family members and supporters, to an exhibition game in Chile had crashed somewhere deep in the Andes. He soon learned that many were dead or dying-among them his own mother and sister. Those who remained were stranded on a lifeless glacier at nearly 12,000 feet above sea level, with no supplies and no means of summoning help. They struggled to endure freezing temperatures, deadly avalanches, and then the devastating news that the search for them had been called off.
As time passed and Nando's thoughts turned increasingly to his father, who he knew must be consumed with grief, Nando resolved that he must get home or die trying. He would challenge the Andes, even though he was certain the effort would kill him, telling himself that even if he failed he would die that much closer to his father. It was a desperate decision, but it was also his only chance. So Nando, an ordinary young man with no disposition for leadership or heroism, led an expedition up the treacherous slopes of a snow-capped mountain and across forty-five miles of frozen wilderness in an attempt to find help.
Thirty years after the disaster Nando tells his story with remarkable candor and depth of feeling. Miracle in the Andes-a first person account of the crash and its aftermath-is more than a riveting tale of true-life adventure: it is a revealing look at life at the edge of death and a meditation on the limitless redemptive power of love.
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