The One Minute Journey

Mary Leo's story takes you there with her in a way that captivates the heart and mind. What this woman has survived through is nothing short of spectacular . . . Every man woman and child should read this gripping story as it takes on a life journey you will never forget. . . . USA World Champion Swimmer Gregory Jagenburg The One Minute Journey is a magnificent time piece by Mary Leo written with William G. O'Connell. At the age of ten Mary Leo's life changes forever in a split second when her parents are killed by a fragment bomb dropped by Allied warplanes in the 1943 Allied Invasion of Sicily Italy to stop the wrath of Hitler's Nazi Germany. Mary's challenge to press on serves as a lesson for us all in this true story which deserves nothing less than a Medal of Valor. Seventy-five years later Mary now 84 years-old decides not to leave this world before telling this powerful and gripping true story of perseverance success and the human determination and will to survive