Miracle in the Andes

*New York Times Bestseller.* In this harrowing first-person account, Nando Parrado, a subject of the Oscar-nominated film *Society of the Snow*, recounts the impossible true story of the 1972 Andes plane crash. After the disaster claimed his mother and sister, Parrado awoke from a coma resolved not to wait for death. He details his extraordinary expedition across forty-five miles of frozen wilderness, leading the remaining survivors against insurmountable odds to find rescue. Decades later, Parrado shares his unflinching story of survival, loss, and the redemptive power of love at the edge of death. Features a new introduction by the author for the fiftieth anniversary of the crash.

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