Miracle in the Andes: 72 Days on the Mountain and My Long Trek Home

On October 13, 1972, a plane carrying a Uruguayan rugby team crashed in the Andes. Nando Parrado, a nineteen-year-old on board, woke from a coma to learn that his mother had died and his sister was dying. The survivors, who numbered twenty-nine at first, endured freezing temperatures, an avalanche and starvation, and ate the bodies of the dead to stay alive. After ten weeks, Parrado and Roberto Canessa walked for ten days across the mountains to find help, and sixteen men were rescued. He tells the story of the crash, the weeks on the mountain and his later life.

It's for readers who like survival narratives and true accounts of courage. It's frank and emotional, and it will stay with those who like to think about hope.

Inward-looking and clear-cut; an easy read.

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