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Angels
in the Wilderness
The True Story of One Woman’s Survival
Against All Odds
 By
Amy Racina
This
first-person account tells how author Amy Racina survived
for four days and nights, both legs badly broken, in a remote
valley in California's Sierra Nevada mountains after a sixty-foot
fall during a solo hiking trip. Battling pain, fear and exhaustion,
she pulled
herself along with
her hands, and refused to give up even when
her chances
of salvation were remote. The book chronicles her miraculous
rescue, and describes her dramatic airlift out of the canyon,
swinging helplessly from two straps, dangling fearfully
beneath a helicopter high above the ravine where she had
lain.
The book recounts her struggles with multiple
surgeries and extensive physical rehabilitation, as she fought
to walk again despite her severe injuries. It also encompasses
the deeper reflections that shaped the authors' life after
the fall, and concludes with her triumphant return to the
wilderness.
It is an amazing tale
of despair and courage and hope. It speaks of incredible strength
and heartbreaking weakness as it details what one woman believed
might be the last days of her life. It is a memory of the
darkest of times and an affirmation of miracles. It is a celebration
of a life almost snatched away, of survival against the odds.
Elite
Books, October 2005, hardback, $25, ISBN 0-9710888-9-6
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