Crazy for the Storm
Norman Ollestad, , read by the author. . Harper Audio, $39.99 (0pp) ISBN 978-0-06-177445-4
Ollestad's memoir intersperses his harrowing childhood trauma as the sole survivor of a plane crash that killed his father with his coming of age in the '70s West Coast culture of surfing, skiing and skateboarding. A competent and engaging narrator, Ollestad evokes emotional intensity without descending into sentimentality and creates memorable portraits of his heroic father and his mother's abusive boyfriend. Granted, Ollestad presents his 11-year-old self as a tad more introspective and worldly wise than one might expect, but as the adult Ollestad reflects on how he was shaped by the hard-living, extreme sports culture of his family and community, the essence of a young man forced to grow up too quickly rings true.
Reviewed on: 08/31/2009
Genre: Audio
Analog Audio Cassette - 978-1-4332-9089-3
Compact Disc - 979-8-200-74057-4
Hardcover - 272 pages - 978-1-55468-485-4
Hardcover - 288 pages - 978-0-06-176672-5
MP3 CD - 979-8-200-74058-1
Other - 304 pages - 978-0-06-188643-0
Other - 304 pages - 978-1-4434-0275-0
Paperback - 360 pages - 978-0-06-178208-4
Paperback - 304 pages - 978-0-06-176678-7
Pre-Recorded Audio Player - 978-1-4332-9097-8
