A good book, and one that proves again that you can't judge a book by its cover. It looks like it's about a plane crash in the San Gabriel Mountains of California, and it is...but the "memoir" in the subtitle is more revealing than the photo and other crash/survival text on the front cover. The first chapter starts with the plane crash, and each chapter after that (until near the end) alternates back and forth between childhood memories of Ollestad's loving, adrenaline junkie father, and the crash. I've got a few quibbles with the ending, and I think the epilogue should have at least referenced his mother and stepfather who were major characters in the book, but I enjoyed it and read it quickly as a result.
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