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Boy Who Fell Out of the Sky : A True Story by Ken Dornstein (2006, Hardcover)

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PublisherRandom House Publishing Group

ISBN-100375503595

ISBN-139780375503597

eBay Product ID (ePID)46746324

Product Key Features

Book TitleBoy Who Fell Out of the Sky : a True Story

Number of Pages320 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicTerrorism, Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, Law Enforcement, General, Siblings

Publication Year2006

IllustratorYes

GenreFamily & Relationships, Political Science, Biography & Autobiography, History

AuthorKen Dornstein

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.1 in

Item Weight19.6 Oz

Item Length9.5 in

Item Width6.9 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2005-042683

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Edition22

ReviewsAdvance praise for The Boy Who Fell Out of the Sky " I know that this beautiful sad story will haunt me for a long time. Ken Dornstein proves himself the truest kind of private investigator in the search for the truth about his brother, one whose goal is the ultimate mystery, the secret of a soul." - Ron Rosenbaum, author of Explaining Hitler and The Secret Parts of Fortune " An original and compelling memoir of life and death. This story of the eternal battles and love affairs of brotherhood is meditative, confused, angry, and ironic. We watch Dornstein save himself amid the ashes of a terrorist attack on Americans and start a life of his own. And we are grateful for this time with him." - Anthony Swofford, author of Jarhead " A heartbreaking, deeply personal memoir of a brother's quest to know the unknowable, to make sense of what doesn't make sense. Ken Dornstein has written a stunningly haunting, honest work about finding himself." - A. M. Homes, author of The Safety of Objects, Advance praise for The Boy Who Fell Out of the Sky "I know that this beautiful sad story will haunt me for a long time. Ken Dornstein proves himself the truest kind of private investigator in the search for the truth about his brother, one whose goal is the ultimate mystery, the secret of a soul." Ron Rosenbaum, author of Explaining Hitler and The Secret Parts of Fortune "An original and compelling memoir of life and death. This story of the eternal battles and love affairs of brotherhood is meditative, confused, angry, and ironic. We watch Dornstein save himself amid the ashes of a terrorist attack on Americans and start a life of his own. And we are grateful for this time with him." Anthony Swofford, author of Jarhead "A heartbreaking, deeply personal memoir of a brother's quest to know the unknowable, to make sense of what doesn't make sense. Ken Dornstein has written a stunningly haunting, honest work about finding himself." A. M. Homes, author of The Safety of Objects From the Hardcover edition., Advance praise for The Boy Who Fell Out of the Sky "I know that this beautiful sad story will haunt me for a long time. Ken Dornstein proves himself the truest kind of private investigator in the search for the truth about his brother, one whose goal is the ultimate mystery, the secret of a soul." Ron Rosenbaum, author of Explaining Hitler and The Secret Parts of Fortune "An original and compelling memoir of life and death. This story of the eternal battles and love affairs of brotherhood is meditative, confused, angry, and ironic. We watch Dornstein save himself amid the ashes of a terrorist attack on Americans and start a life of his own. And we are grateful for this time with him." Anthony Swofford, author of Jarhead "A heartbreaking, deeply personal memoir of a brother's quest to know the unknowable, to make sense of what doesn't make sense. Ken Dornstein has written a stunningly haunting, honest work about finding himself." A. M. Homes, author of The Safety of Objects

Dewey Decimal973.91/092/2 B

SynopsisIn this stunning, emotionally charged memoir, Ken Dornstein interweaves the moving story of his own coming-of-age with the promise of greatness his brother never lived to fulfill. The Boy Who Fell Out of the Sky is a heartbreaking but profoundly hopeful book about finding beauty in the midst of tragedy and making sense of it. David Dornstein was twenty-five years old, a handsome, charismatic young man on the verge of becoming an extraordinary writer, when he boarded Pan Am Flight 103 from London on the evening of December 21, 1988. Thirty-eight minutes after takeoff, he died, along with the 258 other passengers and crew, when a terrorist's plastic explosive ripped the plane apart over Lockerbie, Scotland. David's brother, Ken, was nineteen, a college sophomore home on winter break, when the call came. All his life Ken had looked up to David, confided in him, followed where he led. David's death left Ken with a void that both crushed and consumed him. What were his brother's plans when he died? Was David really carrying home a draft of the great novel everyone knew was in him? Was he in love with the woman he was living with overseas? Ken Dornstein needed to learn the truth about his brother's life and death. In this harrowing and affecting memoir, he records what he found out. It was years before Ken could bring himself to confront the stacks of notebooks and letters David left behind, but once he began to read he was drawn deep into his brother's world. From David's early obsession with writing down his every thought to his misadventures on the streets of New York, from an unraveling love affair in Israel to a devastating childhood secret, piece by piece Ken assembles a complex, disturbing portrait of an artist struggling to find a voice for passions that often threatened to tear him apart. Then, by chance, Ken runs into David's college girlfriend on a train and everything changes once again. He starts to question his motives and his memories, and finally sets off on a complicated journey to finish the book that his brother started. As haunting as a dream, as electrifying as the day's news, The Boy Who Fell Out of the Sky is an incandescent and unforgettable account of one man's struggle to find inspiration in his brother's life and create a life of his own. What begins as a tragedy turns into a love story of deeply affirming power. From the Hardcover edition., In this stunning, emotionally charged memoir, Ken Dornstein interweaves the moving story of his own coming-of-age with the promise of greatness his brother never lived to fulfill. The Boy Who Fell Out of the Sky is a heartbreaking but profoundly hopeful book about finding beauty in the midst of tragedy and making sense of it. David Dornstein was twenty-five years old, a handsome, charismatic young man on the verge of becoming an extraordinary writer, when he boarded Pan Am Flight 103 from London on the evening of December 21, 1988. Thirty-eight minutes after takeoff, he died, along with the 258 other passengers and crew, when a terrorist's plastic explosive ripped the plane apart over Lockerbie, Scotland. David's brother, Ken, was nineteen, a college sophomore home on winter break, when the call came. All his life Ken had looked up to David, confided in him, followed where he led. David's death left Ken with a void that both crushed and consumed him. What were his brother's plans when he died? Was David really carrying home a draft of the great novel everyone knew was in him? Was he in love with the woman he was living with overseas? Ken Dornstein needed to learn the truth about his brother's life and death. In this harrowing and affecting memoir, he records what he found out. It was years before Ken could bring himself to confront the stacks of notebooks and letters David left behind, but once he began to read he was drawn deep into his brother's world. From David's early obsession with writing down his every thought to his misadventures on the streets of New York, from an unraveling love affair in Israel to a devastating childhoodsecret, piece by piece Ken assembles a complex, disturbing portrait of an artist struggling to find a voice for passions that often threatened to tear him apart. Then, by chance, Ken runs into David's college girlfriend on a train and everything changes once again. He starts to question his motives and his memories, and finally sets off on a complicated journey to finish the book that his brother started. As haunting as a dream, as electrifying as the day's news, The Boy Who Fell Out of the Sky is an incandescent and unforgettable account of one man's struggle to find inspiration in his brother's life and create a life of his own. What begins as a tragedy turns into a love story of deeply affirming power., In this stunning, emotionally charged memoir, Dornstein pens a heartbreaking but profoundly hopeful book about finding beauty in the midst of tragedy. Dornstein weaves his own coming-of-age story with that of his brother David, who was killed in the 1988 crash of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland.

LC Classification NumberHV6431.D665 2006