Flew Too High: A Memoir

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”A fascinating, deftly crafted, authentic, emotionally engaging, and simply riveting memoir that will fully compel the reader’s full attention from start to finish. Of special and particular relevance to readers with an interest in LGBTQ life experiences and unique/unusual life stories, Flew Too High is especially and unreservedly recommended for personal, community, and college/university library Contemporary American Biography/Memoir collections.” — Midwest Book Review “Loved it! Not many memoirs can create the same page-turning motivation as a thriller novel. So sensational, you keep questioning if it's really nonfiction. The spiral of love and sex and drugs is real enough. Yet, it's the distance that spiral takes the author on, and the people he meets along the way who feel larger than life.” —Reedsy Discovery From Screencraft Cinematic Book Competition: The manuscript's narrative boasts an impressive level of authenticity, delivering an engrossing and captivating tale that resonates deeply. The smooth and seamless pace of the narrative creates suspenseful and exciting moments, such as Eli's journey to India, or the discovery of Jesse's body. Notably, the character of Eli— based on a real-life person— is written with remarkable depth and complexity as he undergoes his transformative journey through the '70s New York drug scene to his spiritual awakening in Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh's ashram in India followed by his harrowing descent into the world of drug smuggling. Every scene is brought to life with the writer’s attention to details and the nuance of the intricate scenes.