Anderson First United Methodist Church Book Club meets in our church library on the first Tuesday of each month at 9:30 a.m. September through May.

WHAT WE'RE READING NOW

In an Instant by Lee and Bob Woodruff

In one of the most anticipated books of the year, Lee Woodruff, along with her husband, Bob Woodruff, share their never-before-told story of romance, resilience, and survival following the tragedy that transformed their lives and gripped a nation.

In January 2006, the Woodruffs seemed to have it all–a happy marriage and four beautiful children. Lee was a public relations executive and Bob had just been named co-anchor of ABC’s World News Tonight. Then, while Bob 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’s lives came together, were blown apart, and then were miraculously put together again–and how they persevered, with grit but also with humor, through intense trauma and fear. Here are Lee’s heartfelt memories of their courtship, their travels as Bob left a law practice behind and pursued his news career and Lee her freelance business, the glorious births of her children and the challenges of motherhood.

Bob in turn recalls the moment he caught the journalism “bug” while covering Tiananmen Square for CBS News, his love of overseas assignments and his guilt about long separations from his family, and his pride at attaining the brass ring of television news–being chosen to fill the seat of the late Peter Jennings.

And, for the first time, the Woodruffs reveal the agonizing details of Bob’s terrible injuries and his remarkable recovery. We learn that Bob’s return home was not an end to the journey but the first step into a future they have learned not to fear but to be grateful for.

In an Instant is much more than the dual memoir of love and courage. It is an important, wise, and inspiring guide to coping with tragedy–and an extraordinary drama of marriage, family, war, and nation.

A percentage of the proceeds from this book will be donated to the Bob Woodruff Family Fund for Traumatic Brain Injury.

WHAT WE'LL BE READING OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS.

February 2008: In An Instant - Bob Woodruff

March 2008:  Family Tree - Barbara Delinsky

April 2008:  The Blue Bottle Club - Penelope Stokes

May 2008:  Our Endangered Values - Jimmy Carter

Books We've Read

January 2008:  I Feel Bad About My Neck - Nora Ephron

December 2007:  Gideon's Gift - Karen Kingsbury

November 2007:  Zacarias, My Brother - Abn Samad Moussoui

October 2007:  Snow Flower and the Secret Fan - Lisa See

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