In An Instant: A Family's Journey of Love and Healing
Random House, February 2008
In January 2006, Lee and Bob Woodruff seemed to have it all -- a happy marriage,
four beautiful children, and marvelous careers. Bob had just been named
co-anchor of ABC's World News Tonight, but then, while he was embedded
with the military in Iraq, an improvised explosive device went off near the tank
he was riding in. He and his cameraman, Doug Vogt, were hit, and Bob suffered a
traumatic brain injury that nearly killed him.
In An Instant is the frank and compelling account of how Bob and Lee Woodruff's
lives came together, were blown apart, and then were miraculously put together
again -- and how they persevered, with grit but also with humor, through intense
trauma and fear. More than a dual memoir of love and courage, In An Instant is
an important, wise, and inspiring guide to coping with tragedy -- and all
extraordinary drama of marriage, family, war, and nation.
paperback | ISBN: 9780812978254 | Publication Date: February 2008
Reviews:
"Gripping . . . The Woodruff's devotion to each other is palpable . . . [In An
Instant is] a remarkably lucid, even engrossing story of . . . Bob Woodruff's
recovery, interwoven with tales from his marriage and family life."
--San Jose Mercury News
"Both Woodruff's [shoot] from the hip, writing with candor about their ordeal
and describing it with an intimacy that couldn't be captured on camera . . .
Their frankness heightens the book's impact."
--New York Times
"Extraordinary . . . All sorts of themes thread their way through this frank,
inspiring book: courage in the face of adversity; the pursuit of career at the
expense of family; the bravery of foreign correspondents; the fortitude of
female friendship . . . Woodruff's survival story comforts."
--The Seattle Times
"A testimony to the power of the human spirit, to the catharsis of love and to
infinite hope."
--The Oklahoman
