"As much about a father-son relationship as it is a survival story... his father's life philosophy... got him down the mountain and through life." -- USA Today

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."

"A heart-stopping adventure that ends in tragedy and in triumph, a love story that fearlessly explores the bond between a father and son and what it means to lead a life without limits." -- Susan Cheever, award-winning author of American Bloomsbury

"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." -- New York Post

"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." -- Chicago Tribune

"Riveting." -- Entertainment Weekly

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• Biographies & MemoirsSurvival
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• Publication Date: May 28, 2009
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• Lending: Disabled
• Print Length: 306 Pages
• File Size: 3,471 KB