Norman Ollestad lost his father, stepmother, and almost his own life at age 11 when their Cessna crashed in the mountains. In this memoir, he discusses so much more than the crash — mostly the strong and terrible passions of his father. “There is more to life than just surviving it. Inside each turbulence there is a calm—a sliver of light buried in the darkness.” Ollestad’s father, a passionate surfer and skier, failed to fulfill his personal dreams of becoming famous (although he did some acting as a […]
