“My Life In Winters” is a fun-filled, snowy wonderland of a story that describes how the ski industry emerged from humble beginnings and rose to become the corporate behemoth it is today. This fascinating story is told through the eyes of Mike Ewing, the author of the book and a prominent ski instructor, entrepreneur, as well as the former President of the Professional Ski Instructors of America.

This book was one I enjoyed greatly and was one that got me to enjoy learning about a winter sport—skiing—that I know little about. An achievement which persuaded me to give “My Life In Winters” a four out five on our rating scale and also doubly showcased Ewing’s skills in writing and exhibited the skills he has to get a reader interested in a subject that they would have normally never touched.

The storytelling method with its clever use of imagery, anecdotes, and technical information that the work uses was also to its credit and made it an interesting and quirks-filled read. It was easy to immerse yourself right beside the author on those snowy slopes of the past and feel that you were really there with him, skiing down at top speed.

Additionally, the history component of the story was an informational read that is bound to make any ski nerd fascinated with how skiing has changed and evolved over the years. With a timeline spanning from directly after WW2 to the newest winter Olympics in Beijing, Ewing explains how the industry of skiing was formed out of WW2 soldiers actions in alpine conditions and the skiing skills they learned there and later brought home to form the first ski resorts. Later, these ski resorts grew out of their modest beginning to shift to a larger, more profit-based field that focused on tourism, rather than teaching families and children how to ski.

However, the book is sometimes hard to understand as a non-skier because of the consistent ski vocabulary and ultra-specific descriptions of certain actions, ranking systems, and events, that led to its four out of five stars rather than five out of five.

All and all, the book was an enthralling, humorous, and heartfelt read through the vision of an interesting author. "My Life In Winters" is a read that I would recommend to anyone who is interested in winter, winter sports, skiing, and history of any of those mentioned before.