Product Description

Do you believe in miracles? This collection of extraordinary tales of survival is guaranteed to astound and inspire you in equal measure. Meet ordinary people who have found extraordinary strengths facing seemingly impossible challenges – like the woman who fell from the sky, or the man who floated 300 miles out to sea after the Asian tsunami. What is it about some people that they seem born survivors, or how does someone find the incredible strength from within not to give up on hope against all odds? Are some people just lucky? These and many other true stories demonstrate the strength we all possess to come through our life's toughest challenges, and the precious wisdom that results from surviving. This book is based primarily on conversations with survivors and experts around the world - you too can take the Survivor Profiler to discover your Survivor IQ at: //www.survivorstrengths.com.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #19517 in Books
• Published on: 2009-06-25
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 400 pages

Review
'This book will grab you from the first page and keep you riveted through the end. Sherwood has chosen a viscerally compelling topic and written it brilliantly. Oh sure, THE SURVIVORS CLUB could save your life--but what matters more to me is that it's a wonderful read, the kind that makes whatever life you're living feel that much more worthwhile.' - Martha Beck, columnist for O, The Oprah Magazine

About the Author
Ben Sherwood is a bestselling author and award-winning journalist. He was educated at Harvard and Oxford and currently lives with his wife and son in New York and Los Angeles. His acclaimed novel The Man Who Ate the 747 was published in thirteen languages and is being adapted as both a feature film and musical. His latest novel, The Death and Life of Charlie St Cloud, is also in development as a major motion picture. Visit his website at www.bensherwood.com

Customer Reviews

THE BEST CLUB TO BE IN
Most of us have often read a news story and thought , "How in the world did he do it?" How did someone survive an almost fatal accident? How could someone pick herself back up after a devastating emotional blow and not only go on living but do so happily, creatively? The best name for those who overcome apparently unsurmountable obstacles is survivors, and this book is full of their stories as well as advice on how we can overcome if , or better said when the need arises.

A former executive producer of ABC's Good Morning America and the author of two novels, Ben Sherwood explains that there are two questions at the heart of his book, "(1) What does it really take to survive? And (2) What kind of survivor are you?" Few amongst us do not want to know the answers to those questions.

Try to imagine the worst possible scenario - would it be "a woman doused with gasoline and set on fire by her husband"? How about being run over by a 21 ton truck or living through the attack on Pearl Harbor? " Sherwood has interviewed hundreds who not only endured crises but triumphed over them. There is much to learn from survivors who tell us what they wish they had known before they looked in the face of death.

The author shares some very simple things that we can do to increase our years, such as choosing the safest seat in an airplane, the best place to have a heart attack, and realizing why birthdays and holidays are as beneficial as we'd like to think. Personally, I wanted to learn the secrets of the French woman who smoked cigarettes and ate chocolate every day yet lived to the estimable age of 122.

Also included in the book is an access code to an Internet based Survivor Profile Test. It takes about 15 minutes, and you may be surprised at what you learn about yourself.

While many of us don't consider ourselves joiners there is one group we'd all like to be in and that's The Survivors Club.

- Gail Cooke

oh yes, I enjoyed this
Very interesting book which looks at the theory of surviving an aircrash amongst other things. The first four or five chapters were very useful for a personal safety trainer, such as myself, who teach people about how to react when confronting violent or aggresive people. It was also very useful to show how people who dont like to complain about safety issues are often the ones who die first! There are some wonderful, very unexpected stats which I now use in my courses. The last few chapters were a little irrelevant for me but interesting in their own way. This book is good for the paranoid who think they are going to die on every journey, but the real benefit is for professionals who are teaching people about keepting safe in all situations.

The Survivors Club
After reading this book I am still not sure that I like it or not. It explains how to survive life threatening situations. What to do in Fire. Where to sit on a plane etc. It has some interesting facts in it and a quiz to fill in on line when you have read the book. All in all well worth the read but it didn't tell me anything I dont already know about myself.