People Think I Must Have Been Turning

Without Dignity, Identity Is Erased. In Its Absence, Men Are Defined Not By Themselves, But By Their Captors And The Circumstances In Which They Are Forced To Live.

My Agent And I Put Out My Proposal One Thursday Afternoon In August, 1998. Publishers Started Bidding Immediately, And That Process Progressed For A Few Days.

I'm Attracted To Subjects Who Overcome Tremendous Suffering And Learn To Cope Emotionally With It

Finally, I Wish To Remember The Millions Of Allied Servicemen And Prisoners Of War Who Lived The Story Of The Second World War. Many Of These Men Never Came Home; Many Others Returned Bearing Emotional And Physical Scars That Would Stay With Them For The Rest Of Their Lives. I Come Away From This Book With The Deepest Appreciation For What These Men Endured, And What They Scarified, For The Good Of Humanity. It Is To Them That This Book {unbroken} Is Dedicated.

The Biggest Problem Has Been Exhaustion. I've Spent About 6 Of The Last 14 Years Completely Bedridden.