Alive Author:Piers Paul Read They overcame the impossible by doing the unthinkable… — On 13th October 1972, a plane chartered by an amateur rugby team on their way to Santiago in Chile crashed in the Andes. Some of the forty-five passengers and crew were killed on impact, others seriously injured. Weakened by starvation, extreme cold, and by the awful knowledge that th... more »e search had been called off, the survivors had to face the inescapable truth: to live, they must eat the flesh of their dead companions.« less
My husband had to read this book while he was in College, and he gave it to me to read. In my opinion this book is graphic. There is a movie available too!