The Map of My Dead Pilots around the web

Highlights

Jonathan Clements: "But this is the land of Mondor, where the shadows lie, as the author sits forlorn amid pieces of broken lives, and carefully builds something beautiful with the fragments. Like an antique, graceful plane thunking onto the landing strip with bingo fuel and a hold full of howling dogs, The Map of My Dead Pilots touches down just in time. Any longer, and this lovely little book would have broken its spell."

By Singing Light: "... I was left with an unsettling feeling of wondering, not exactly how much of this book is true, but how much is seen through a lens. This is, of course, true of all books, fiction and non-fiction, but Mondor seems to invite this question, to require it, almost."

N631S: "It becomes an exploration of the variability of memory, the plasticity over time of historical information, and the malleability of stories depending on the needs of the teller and the audience. The author's tale is one of striving for the truth and learning that truth can only be approached as an asymptotic limit. There are stories and there are stories. Ms. Mondor tells her stories as accurately as memory and circumstance allow, and she leaves the reader (I believe) with an understanding of the truth of flying in Alaska."