So Close to Home: A True Story of an American Family’s Fight for Survival during World War II Audiobook

Quotes

• “Through their meticulous research, Tougias and O’Leary take you where few historians dare, into the dark sea where an American family is floundering to stay alive, and onto the steel-planked deck of the German U-boat that put them there. This is priceless history―two hundred pages of ‘you-are-there.’”

  — Adam Makos, New York Times bestselling author

• “They don’t come any better than Michael J. Tougias. His latest, So Close to Home, is a truly gripping, deeply affecting saga of undersea warfare and an extraordinary American family caught in the crosshairs of history.”

  — Alex Kershaw, New York Times bestselling author

• “Tougias, a writer who specializes in survival stories, and journalist O’Leary impressively render the grim early period of US involvement in WWII, when U-boats wreaked havoc in American waters…Readers will enjoy learning about a half-forgotten incident from the early months of WWII.”

  — Publishers Weekly

• “Gives a solid perspective of the hardships endured by ordinary people.”

  — Library Journal