When I Fell From the Sky: The True Story of One Woman's Miraculous Survival - Tapa dura

The teenage survivor was presumed dead and survived for 11 days in the rain forest following a lightning strike that incinerated her plane Christmas Eve.

Frequently sought by the media since her 1971 miracle survival, this book is her first full recount of her experience and the years that followed.

World survivor who fell from two miles above the Earth while strapped to her airplane seat and conscious for initial descent.

International Bestseller since the Germany release in April 2011. Top 10 Spiegel Bestseller List.

Garson & Wright Public Relations launching national publicity campaign including television and print media.

""When I Fell From the Sky: The True Story of One Woman's Miraculous Survival
Juliane Koepcke, with Beate Rygiert, translated from the German by Ross Benjamin. Titletown Publishing (www.titletownpublishing.com), $22.95 (227p)
"On Christmas Eve, 1971, 17-year-old Koepcke and her mother were flying from Lima to Pucallpa when their plane was struck by lightning during a freak storm. Catapulted from the plane two miles above the Peruvian rain forest, she landed in the jungle and miraculously survived. After regaining consciousness, she found herself alone and hurt, with a broken collarbone and a gash in her leg. Having spent a few years in the jungle during her youth, she was able to use the knowledge she had accumulated to survive, and, after an 11-day trek, she stumbled into the camp of three forest workers and was saved. Koepcke later followed in her parents' footsteps to become a zoologist, dedicating her life to realizing their dream of creating a nature preserve in Panguana. Her memoir is a gripping account of a harrowing adventure and an inspiring life."-- (Nov.) PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

When I Fell From the Sky: The True Story of One Woman's Miraculous Survival Juliane Koepcke, with Beate Rygiert, translated from the German by Ross Benjamin. Titletown Publishing (www.titletownpublishing.com), $22.95 (227p) On Christmas Eve, 1971, 17-year-old Koepcke and her mother were flying from Lima to Pucallpa when their plane was struck by lightning during a freak storm. Catapulted from the plane two miles above the Peruvian rain forest, she landed in the jungle and miraculously survived. After regaining consciousness, she found herself alone and hurt, with a broken collarbone and a gash in her leg. Having spent a few years in the jungle during her youth, she was able to use the knowledge she had accumulated to survive, and, after an 11-day trek, she stumbled into the camp of three forest workers and was saved. Koepcke later followed in her parents' footsteps to become a zoologist, dedicating her life to realizing their dream of creating a nature preserve in Panguana. Her memoir is a gripping account of a harrowing adventure and an inspiring life. -- (Nov.) PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

Describes an eleven-day ordeal faced by the seventeen-year-old sole survivor of an airplane crash in the Peruvian jungle in 1971.