Deep Down Dark

One of my book groups just finished reading Chilean author Isabel Allende's The House of Spirits.  I was inspired to read a totally different book about Chile.  Hector Tobar wrote an account of the 33 miners trapped in a mine in Chile in 2010, Deep Down Dark: The Untold Stories of 33 Men Buried in a Chilean Mine, and the Miracle that set them Free. Taken from numerous personal interviews, the book is an inspiring piece of writing.  It is a testament to the human spirit to read how 33 men coped with several months of darkness, starvation and solitude. The families, most of whom were poor and indigenous stood their ground and insisted that the men were alive. Further, the international rescue effort should be a lesson to world leaders.  I just saw that the book will be released as a movie next week. So take some time to read it or watch it. Sometimes, the human race can actually come together in a crisis.