Crazy for the Storm - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Crazy for the Storm write by Norman Ollestad. This book was released on 2009-05-28. Crazy for the Storm available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. “Breathtaking....Crazy for the Storm will keep you up late into the night.” —Washington Post Book World 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 that novelist Russell Banks (Affliction) calls, “A heart-stopping story beautifully told….Norman Olstead has written a book that may well be read for generations.”
Crazy For The Storm
Crazy For The Storm - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Crazy For The Storm write by Norman Ollestad. This book was released on 2010-08-10. Crazy For The Storm available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Norman Ollestad was thrust into the world of surfing and competitive downhill skiing at a very young age by the father he idolized. Often paralyzed by fear, young Norman resented losing his childhood to his father’s reckless and demanding adventures, even as he began to reap the rewards of his training. Then, in February 1979, a chartered Cessna carrying eleven-year-old Norman, his father, his father’s girlfriend Sandra and the pilot, crashed into the San Gabriel Mountains. Norman’s father -- a man who was both his son’s coach and hero -- was dead, along with the pilot; Sandra was clinging to life. Suspended at over 8,000 feet and engulfed in a blizzard, grief-stricken Norman descended the icy mountain alone. Putting his father’s passionate lessons to work, he defied the elements and made it down alive -- the sole survivor of the crash. A compulsive, page-turning read, at times nostalgic and heart-wrenching, Crazy for the Storm illuminates the complicated bond between an extraordinary father and his son, and offers remarkable insight to us all.
Crazy for the Storm: A Memoir of Survival
Crazy for the Storm: A Memoir of Survival - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Crazy for the Storm: A Memoir of Survival write by Norman Ollestad. This book was released on 2009-08-06. Crazy for the Storm: A Memoir of Survival available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Set in the aftermath of a harrowing plane crash, this is the true story of one young boy’s fight for survival in nature’s most treacherous conditions.
Crazy Enough
Crazy Enough - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Crazy Enough write by Storm Large. This book was released on 2012-01-10. Crazy Enough available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The popular indie rock performer describes her battle against the hereditary mental illness that decimated her mother's health and prompted the author to engage in a self-destructive downward spiral before discovering her musical talent.
A Pearl in the Storm
A Pearl in the Storm - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Pearl in the Storm write by Tori Murden McClure. This book was released on 2009-04-07. A Pearl in the Storm available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "In the end," writes Tori McClure, "I know I rowed across the Atlantic to find my heart, but in the beginning, I wasn't aware that it was missing." During June 1998, Tori McClure set out to row across the Atlantic Ocean by herself in a twenty-three-foot plywood boat with no motor or sail. Within days she lost all communication with shore, but nevertheless she decided to keep going. Not only did she lose the sound of a friendly voice, she lost updates on the location of the Gulf Stream and on the weather. Unfortunately for Tori, 1998 is still on record as the worst hurricane season in the North Atlantic. In deep solitude and perilous conditions, she was nonetheless determined to prove what one person with a mission can do. When she was finally brought to her knees by a series of violent storms that nearly killed her, she had to signal for help and go home in what felt like complete disgrace. Back in Kentucky, however, Tori's life began to change in unexpected ways. She fell in love. At the age of thirty-five, she embarked on a serious relationship for the first time, making her feel even more vulnerable than sitting alone in a tiny boat in the middle of the Atlantic. She went to work for Muhammad Ali, who told her that she did not want to be known as the woman who "almost" rowed across the Atlantic Ocean. And she knew that he was right. In this thrilling story of high adventure and romantic quest, Tori McClure discovers through her favorite way—the hard way—that the most important thing in life is not to prove you are superhuman but to fully to embrace your own humanity. With a wry sense of humor and a strong voice, she gives us a true memoir of an explorer who maps her world with rare emotional honesty.
