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Crazy for the Storm
A work of Non-fiction by Norman Ollestad
Subgenres:
- Memoir,
- Coming-of-Age,
- Survival
This book is for you if you're into...
- Survival memoirs shaped by complex father son relationships
- Coming of age stories set against real life disaster
- Raw reflections on growing up in 1970s Southern California
Norman Olstead's New York Times–bestselling memoir Crazy for the Storm is the story of the harrowing plane crash the author miraculously survived at age eleven, framed by the moving tale of his complicated relationship with his charismatic, adrenaline-addicted father.
Destined to stand with other classic true stories of man against nature—Into Thin Air and Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer; Sebastian Junger's The Perfect Storm—it is a literary triumph.
An elegant memoir as well as a transformative coming-of-age tale. When he leaves his father's limp body behind on the icy plateau—giving it a final kiss and caress as it's claimed by the snow—Ollestad takes his first perilous steps not just into survival, but into adulthood.
Cinematic and personal, Ollestad's insights into growing up in a broken home and adolescence in southern California are as engrossing as the story of his trip down the mountain.
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