Into the Storm

by Danny Farrar Farrar

Given away to a family that didn’t want him. Raised in a house that almost broke him. A military career that took him into the Pentagon on 9/11 to search for bodies and later saw him deployed in some of the most dangerous places on earth, hardened and transformed by what he saw and did. A civilian life that left him homeless, aimless, and that led to a suicide attempt only to offer him another chance at the American Dream. Through his story, alternately heartbreaking and redemptive, and a discussion of the corresponding lessons he learned, SoldierFit CEO Danny Farrar shows the importance of not letting life break you and instead pushing toward the oncoming storm, turning and running not away but instead directly into the face of it, no matter the obstacles ahead. Because on the other side of every crushing defeat is another opportunity.

350 pages, Hardcover

Published June 1, 2023

Reviews

[Nwtw · Rating 2 out of 5]

I enjoyed reading the section of his experience in the army. And I’m sure the story overall was inspiring to many people, but I only made it about halfway through. I think he would’ve benefited from a good editor because he included so much detail and so many opinions that it really dragged.

And while my heart went out to him for the trauma that he suffered, many of the comments he made about working through it and his current feelings about women and authority, seemed to make it clear that he was only willing to go so far in working on it. Again, this may not be how he really feels and a good editor would’ve helped with that.