Sunward I've Climbed

By Annie Laurie Morgan

Severely wounded by a German shell that hits her family farm during the Normandy invasion, Yvette, a young French girl, is saved by U.S. medics and is helped to get the therapy she needs by a group of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1881320170
• ISBN13: 9781881320173
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: River City Pub
• Length: 318 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.8" x 1.3" x 5.8"

Customer Reviews

Just an inspiring book!

My father was a fighter pilot in the 371st Fighter Group, and this is what first motivated me to read this book. I was hoping to read stories about the exploits of these pilots. I was at first dissapointed to find out that the book was only about the experiences of Yvette Hamel, but as I read on, I became absolutely caught up in the story. Just an amazing story of perserverance amid the harsh background of German occupied France, and later the changes that took place after the Normandy invasion. One of the most emotionally involving books I've ever read. Highly recommended!

An inspiring story!

I found this book while doing research on John Gillespie Magee, author of the poem "High Flight." The name of this book was taken from this poem; it didn't have anything to do, per se, with Magee, but I bought it anyway.Turned out to be a great story! Teenager Yvette Hamel lost both of her legs just after the D-Day Invasion near her home in Normandy. She was "adopted" and cared for by the 371st Fighter Group. In the course of her treatment, she got to meet General Eisenhower, who apparently was much taken by her (and allowed many of the Army regulations to be "bent" while the 371st took care of her).I was very impressed with the way that Yvette handled all the trauma that was handed her; trauma that was both physical and emotional.This story also put a human dimension on what people who were in France during the Nazi occupation went through, and what their perspective was of the Allied invasion in June of 1944.Inspiring as well as horrifying... I shed a few tears over many of Yvette's losses. But I gloried in her triumph... hers is an incredible story of faith, love, tenacity, and perserverance.