In an Instant: A Family's Journey of Love and Healing

In an Instant: A Family's Journey of Love and Healing

In January 2006, Lee and Bob Woodruff seemed to have it allâ€“a happy marriage, four beautiful children, and marvelous careers. Bob had just been named co-anchor of ABCâ€™s World News Tonight, but then, while he was embedded with the military in Iraq, an improvised explosive device went off near the tank he was riding in. He and his cameraman, Doug Vogt, were hit, and Bob suffered a traumatic brain injury that nearly killed him.

In an Instant is the frank and compelling account of how Bob and Lee Woodruffâ€™s lives came together, were blown apart, and then were miraculously put together againâ€“and how they persevered, with grit but also with humor, through intense trauma and fear. More than a dual memoir of love and courage, In an Instant is an important, wise, and inspiring guide to coping with tragedyâ€“and an extraordinary drama of marriage, family, war, and nation.

#1 New York Times Bestseller

â€œGripping . . . The Woodruffsâ€™ devotion to each other is palpable. . . . [In an Instant is] a remarkably lucid, even engrossing story of . . . Bob Woodruffâ€™s recovery, interwoven with tales from his marriage and family life.â€
â€“San Jose Mercury News

â€œBoth Woodruffs [shoot] from the hip, writing with candor about their ordeal and describing it with an intimacy that couldnâ€™t be captured on camera. . . . Their frankness heightens the bookâ€™s impact.â€
â€“The New York Times

â€œExtraordinary . . . All sorts of themes thread their way through this frank, inspiring book: courage in the face of adversity; the pursuit of career at the expense of family; the bravery of foreign correspondents; the fortitude of female friendship. . . . Woodruffâ€™s survival story comforts.â€
â€“The Seattle Times

â€œA testimony to the power of the human spirit, to the catharsis of love and to infinite hope.â€
â€“The Oklahoman

www.bobwoodrufffamilyfund.org
Country USA
Brand Random House Books for Young Readers
Manufacturer Random House Publishing Group
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9780812978254
Color Multicolor
ReleaseDate 2008-02-12
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780812978254

Country	USA
Brand	Random House Books for Young Readers
Manufacturer	Random House Publishing Group
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9780812978254
Color	Multicolor
ReleaseDate	2008-02-12
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780812978254

In an Instant: A Family's Journey of Love and Healing

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