August's Book

Yearning for the Living God:  Reflections from the Life of F. Enzio Busche
by Tracie A. Lamb

Thurs. Aug. 18th (3rd Thurs.)
8pm at Amanda C.'s 

A note from Amanda:
I could not find this book at the library and it seems quite expensive even as an e-book.  I found some used copies and ordered 2.  So for those interested we can pass them around.  I've already read it so as soon as I get them I can start rotation them.

Summary:
F. Enzio Busche, emeritus member of the First Quorum of the Seventy, was born in Germany in 1930, three years before Hitler's rise to power.  Fifteen years later, when World War II ended, Enzio was a prisoner of war, having been drafted into the German army at age fourteen.  The war left Enzio with many questions:  Is there a God?  What is the purpose of Life?  What happens after death?  In time, he learned the answers.  Yearning for the Living God is a collection of Elder Busche's experiences -- both before and after his conversion -- and an account of the life-changing awakening that can come to all who search for truth in this world.

summary from the Deseret Book website 

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November's Book

Unbroken
by Laura Hillenbrand

Nov. 15th (3rd Thurs.)
8pm at Stacy C.'s

We will also be having our annual White Elephant Gift (Book) Exchange this evening.  Hope to see you there!

Summary:
On a May afternoon in 1943, an Army Air Forces bomber crashed into the Pacific Ocean and disappeared, leaving only a spray of debris and a slick of oil, gasoline, and blood.  Then, on the ocean surface, a face appeared.  It was that of a young lieutenant, the plane’s bombardier, who was struggling to a life raft and pulling himself aboard.  So began one of the most extraordinary odysseys of the Second World War.

The lieutenant’s name was Louis Zamperini.  In boyhood, he’d been a cunning and incorrigible delinquent, breaking into houses, brawling, and fleeing his home to ride the rails.  As a teenager, he had channeled his defiance into running, discovering a prodigious talent that had carried him to the Berlin Olympics and within sight of the four-minute mile.  But when war had come, the athlete had become an airman, embarking on a journey that led to his doomed flight, a tiny raft, and a drift into the unknown.

Ahead of Zamperini lay thousands of miles of open ocean, leaping sharks, a foundering raft, thirst and starvation, enemy aircraft, and, beyond, a trial even greater.  Driven to the limits of endurance, Zamperini would answer desperation with ingenuity; suffering with hope, resolve, and humor; brutality with rebellion.  His fate, whether triumph or tragedy, would be suspended on the fraying wire of his will.

In her long-awaited new book, Laura Hillenbrand writes with the same rich and vivid narrative voice she displayed in Seabiscuit.  Telling an unforgettable story of a man’s journey into extremity, Unbroken is a testament to the resilience of the human mind, body, and spirit.

summary from www.goodreads.com

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May's Book

Lone Survivor

by Marcus Luttrell

May 13th

8pm at Kristi's

Summary:
On a clear night in late June 2005, four US Navy SEALs left their base in northern Afghanistan for the mountainous Pakistani border. Their mission was to capture or kill a notorious al Qaeda leader known to be ensconced in a Taliban stronghold surrounded by a small but heavily armed force. Less than twenty-four hours later, only one of those Navy SEALs remained alive.
This is the story of fire teamleader Marcus Luttrell, the sole survivor of Operation Redwing, and the desperate battle in the mountains that led, ultimately to the largest loss of life in the Navy SEAL history. But it is also, more than anything, the story of his teammates, who fought ferociously beside him until he was the last one left-blasted unconscious by a rocket grenade, blown over a cliff, but still armed and still breathing. Over the next four days, badly injured and presumed dead, Lutrell fought off six al Qaeda assassins who were sent to finish him, then crawled for seven miles through the mountains before he was taken in by a Pashtun tribe, who risked everything to protect him from the encircling Taliban killers.