Making Shore

Winner of the 2011 People's Book Prize

Torpedoed by a German U-boat, adrift on the open ocean, gravely weakened and slowly dying of thirst—the odds of making shore are lengthening with each grueling hour. Deliverance from the decaying lifeboat will take something more remarkable than sheer endurance. And after survival at sea, yet more anguish lies in wait. Based on a true incident in 1942.