One Amazing Thing

An earthquake hits and nine people are trapped together in a passport and visa office. Water begins to rise in the room, and food is running out. To ward off panic, one person suggests that each person tell a story about “one amazing thing” from his life.
The stories that emerge are tragic and heartwrenching and powerful. All the while the people trapped in the office are telling stories, the waters continue to rise and food becomes scarce, the roof begins to fall in and no one knows if he will survive the day.

Still, the trapped people prod each other to continue to relate these stories to each other, stories that provide hope and meaning for the storyteller as well as the listener. As well as the reader of this book.