Not Without Hope

This is not normally a book I would read but a patron suggested it to me after reading it in only a day. The book is called "Not Without Hope" and is written by Nick Schuyler.
February 28, 2009 4 large strapping young men including 2 professional
football players, a personal trainer and his best friend all go out into the ocean for a day of fishing. What happened next brings up many questions. The anchor gets stuck and they capsize the fishing boat trying to get free. 43 hours later only one survivor is found.
This book is his story on how the other 3 and he fought to survive only for him to watch one by one as the healthy, athletic men succumb to the elements. Nick has come under a lot of scrutiny for writing this book. One of the widows of the NFL players feels he has not been open with her about her husband's last days, but seemed to remember plenty of details for his book.
I found the book extremely open and honest and very believable. I felt no malice from the author at all. In fact I felt extreme sympathy. How would you handle having to explain every minute detail to multiple family members? What about the questions you would have to live with the rest of your life, like why God chose you to survive and none of your friends?
The book is one you can't put down once you start and truly makes you take a hard look at yourself and how you would handle such a situation.
I truly think no one would be disappointed reading this book, although it is a hard story knowing 3 extremely, physically healthy men ended up dying on a day that was supposed to be filled with fun.
Defiantly a book that makes you takes a good hard look at your own life and how you would handle such a situation.