Ruthanne Lum McCunn is the author of Wooden Fish Songs , Sole Survivor , and the classic Thousand Pieces of Gold , as well as Chinese American Portraits , and the children's book Pie-Biter . Born in Hong Kong, she now lives in San Francisco, California. When German U-boats sank the British Benlomond in 1942, its sole survivor was a second steward, Poon Lim, who had no knowledge of the sea yet managed to stay alive for 133 days on a wooden raft. Sole Survivor , based on three years of interviews with Poon and his family, reconstructs his remarkable ordeal and the survival techniques that earned him world celebrity and a listing in the Guiness Book of World Records . A classic saga of ordeal and survival that reminds us of the courage, strength, and resourceful intelligence of which human beings are capable.
Walls is an enthralling and inspiring account of one woman's experience in wartime Germany.