I’m Still Standing: From Captive U.S. Soldier to Free Citizen—My Journey Home Audiobook

Quotes

• “I’m Still Standing is one hell of a story by one hell of a woman. Soldier. Single mom. Survivor. Shoshana Johnson is a true American hero. Her memoir is a compelling, inspirational read.”

  — Larry King

• “Shoshana Johnson survived ambush, injury, captivity, and colleagues’ deaths in the early days of the Iraq conflict with grit, dignity, and reflective grace. In I’m Still Standing, she tells her story with the same moving and admirable qualities.”

  — Sheila Weller, New York Times bestselling author of Girls Like Us

• “I’m Still Standing is Johnson’s brutally honest account of the horrors of battle, the deprivations of captivity, and, finally, the sheer jubilation of freedom. What makes Johnson’s inspiring tale required reading for Americans, in and out of uniform, is her great heart. Its triumphant beat is felt on every page of this important book.”

  — Phoenix Sun

• “Johnson endured her captivity with courage and emerged with honor. With the help of former army reservist Doyle, she vividly, simply, and unpretentiously tells her tale.”

  — Publishers Weekly

• “Johnson writes of the horror of…uncertainty, of the unending boredom of days with nothing to do but imagine the worst scenarios…She also includes the more mundane details of the prisoners’ grim existence…Events after Johnson’s return to the US were at times nearly as emotionally devastating as her ordeal in Iraq…Yet Shoshana Johnson proves with this book that she is, in fact, still standing.”

  — BookPage

• “A well-told memoir of captivity and recovery.”

  — Kirkus Reviews

• “Shoshana Johnson’s story is unsettling, scary, powerful, and brilliant—a story of a life-threatening milestone that must be told to benefit others, both women and men.”

  — Major General Irene Trowell-Harris, USAF, NC, (Ret.)

• “Shoshana Johnson is an American ‘shero’ whose story of tragedy and survival is an inspiration to many who have served and are serving in the United States Armed Forces. I am honored to have met Shoshana, my fellow veteran, and afforded the opportunity to read her miraculous story.”

  — Lucretia M. McClenney, COL, USA, (Ret.)