In January 2006, Lee and Bob Woodruff seemed to have it all-a happy
marriage, four beautiful children, and marvelous careers. Bob had just
been named co-anchor of ABC'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
Woodruff'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. More than a dual
memoir of love and courage, In an Instant is an important, wise, and
inspiring guide to coping with tragedy-and an extraordinary drama of
marriage, family, war, and nation.
#1 New York Times Bestseller
"Gripping . . . The Woodruffs' devotion to each other is palpable. . . .
[In an Instant is] a remarkably lucid, even engrossing story of . .
. Bob Woodruff's recovery, interwoven with tales from his marriage and
family life."
*-San Jose Mercury News
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"Both Woodruffs [shoot] from the hip, writing with candor about their
ordeal and describing it with an intimacy that couldn't be captured on
camera. . . . Their frankness heightens the book's impact."
-The New York Times
"Extraordinary . . . 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. . . . Woodruff's survival story
comforts."
-The Seattle Times
"A testimony to the power of the human spirit, to the catharsis of love
and to infinite hope."
-The Oklahoman
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