Jerry Fu is a conflict resolution coach who helps Asian American leaders advance in their career and life journeys. He’s also a voracious and wide-ranging reader, and I was delighted he joined me today to talk about a classic true story of survival and forgiveness, “Unbroken” by Laura Hillenbrand. Follow the Best Book Ever Podcast on Instagram or on the Best Book Ever Website Do you have a book you want to tell me about? Go HERE to apply to be a guest on the Best Book Ever Podcast. Host: Julie Strauss Website/Instagram Guest: Jerry Fu Website/LinkedIn Discussed in this episode: Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume Forgotten Realms by R. A. Salvatore Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy The Awakening by Kate Chopin The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X as told to Alexander Hailey The Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Thomas Wolf\ Crazy Love by Francis Chan Forgotten God by David Pleiss Radical Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die by Dan Heath and Chip Heath Switch: How To Change Things When Change is Hard by Dan Heath and Chip Heath Decisive: How to Make Better Choices in Life and Work by Dan Heath and Chip Heath Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us by Daniel H. Pink When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing by Dan Fink Michael Crichton The Bourne Trilogy by Robert Ludlum Barking Up the Wrong Tree by Eric Barker Designing Your Life by Bill Burnett & Dave Evans Unbroken movie Unbroken: The Young Adult Adaptation by Laura Hillenbrand Atomic Habits by James Clear Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer Between a Rock and A Hard Place by Aron Ralston (the basis of the movie 127 Hours) Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl The Plot by Jean Hanff Korelitz Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card (Note: Some of the above links are affiliate links, meaning I get a few bucks off your purchase at no extra expense to you. Anytime you shop for books, you can use my affiliate link on Bookshop, which also supports Indie Bookstores around the country. If you’re shopping for everything else – clothes, office supplies, gluten-free pasta, couches – you can use my affiliate link for Amazon. Thank you for helping to keep the Best Book Ever Podcast in business!) This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit bestbookeverpodcast.substack.com

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