- Title:
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Idiot Wind
- Written by:
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Peter Kaldheim
- Read by:
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Kerry Shale
- Format:
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Unabridged CD Audio Book
- Number of CDs:
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9
- Duration:
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10 hours 29 minutes
- Published:
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September 01 2019
- Available Date:
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September 01 2019
- Age Category:
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Adult
- ISBN:
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9780655626176
- Genres:
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Non-fiction; Memoirs
- Publisher:
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Bolinda/Canongate audio
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Format
Price
Bolinda price
The memoir of one man's journey from addiction back to sobriety and sanity via the road.
In 1987 a massive snowstorm hits New York as Peter Kaldheim flees the city, owing drug debts to a dealer who is no stranger to casual violence.
Leaving behind his chaotic past, Kaldheim hits the road, living hand-to-mouth in flop-houses, pan-handling with his fellow itinerants. As he makes his way across America in search of a new life, the harsh reality of living hand-to-mouth forces him to face up to his past, from his time in Rikers prison, to relationships lost and lamented.
Kaldheim hikes and buses through an America rarely seen, and his encounters with a disparate collection of characters instils in him a new empathy and wisdom, as he journeys on a road less travelled.