Miracle In the Andes is a great book written by
Vince Rause through the words of Nando Parrado. It's about the Old Christians rugby team who was stranded in the Andes Mountains for 72 days on their way to
a game against a Chilean club. Parrado actually lived through this story as a
member of the team. I personally enjoyed this book because not only was it
great but also I could connect to it as an athlete with a strong bond to my
teammates; but also for the non-athletes a major draw is the reality behind it.
The reality was big for me because I could picture the events in my mind
because of the descriptive writing like any other book, but then realize that
this actually happened; and I found this mind blowing. When a great story is
combined with phenomenal writing it is a shoe-in to be great, and this story is
truly amazing.
"Daniel and Liliana wanted to live as much as i did, they were just as strong and they fought just as hard to survive, but their fate was decided by a simple stroke of bad luck - they chose their spots to sleep that night, and that decision killed them."(134)
