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Reviewed by Barbara Fanson for Readers' Favorite
“A tsunami of nausea from the painkillers washed over me,” is just one example of the riveting descriptions in Bracing for Impact: True Tales of Air Disasters and the People Who Survived Them. It’s an interesting book of stories told by survivors of air disasters. Some plane crashes were small two-seater airplanes while others were large commercial airlines. I remember the music and airplane crash of Lynyrd Skynyrd so it was interesting to revisit the event. I didn’t know exactly what happened but remembered the rumors swirling around afterward. Readers will appreciate knowing what happened to the survivors years later. It’s a fascinating book of incredible stories that readers may remember reading in newspapers or seeing on television.
Each story is interesting, thought-provoking, and written from a different point of view. Some people were severely injured; others suffered mentally for years after the impact. At the end of each story, there is usually a box with a final analysis of the cause of the plane crash or the outcome. They are appreciated and informational. I think readers will benefit from the chapter called Tips For Surviving a Plane Crash. Although there is no magic formula for choosing the best seat on an airplane, Bracing For Impact provides a list of suggestions to improve your chances of survival if the plane is going down. Bracing For Impact is an interesting collection of short stories. Authors Robin Suerig Holleran and Lindy Philip do an excellent job of choosing a variety of stories and editing them. Happy to report I’m not afraid to fly after reading this book.
