On Sunday, August 10th, from 1:00 – 3:00 PM Mountain Daylight Time, I will be signing copies of my recent memoir, On the Run. The event will take place at Barnes and Noble, 970 S. Colorado Blvd. Denver, Colo.
“February 11, ten a.m. A Trailways bus turned over in the icy fog at Dead Man’s Curve. Forty-five people had been hurt; some were out of the bus and wandering around in the nagging cold, maybe to get lost and go, in shocky unreality, over the bank and into the gully. These are the nightmare runs, the scenes always handled more or less badly. They can never be trained for because there are too many variables controlling the situation. There’s the immediate reality—night, darkness, fog, ice storm. If you light up the bus, people will be lost outside. Enough rescuers? Hardly ever, and later, too many, and then, who’s chief? Terrain? Is the bus hanging over the edge? Ours was. That meant that while people were dying, time had to be taken to stabilize the environment in which they were dying. Triage? All our instincts were to get in and start working. That’s what we did, three of us, initially, heroically, mistakenly, going for what looked like the most severely injured. The urge, of course, is to do something.“
Excerpt From On the Run.
If you’re a Joanne Greenberg fan, this is a must-see event. Get your copy signed, and get your questions answered. For thirteen years, Joanne Greenberg was a wife, mother, housekeeper, teacher, and world-class author—all the while driving around on some of the world’s most treacherous roads and rescuing people. This book tells that story beautifully. Obtain a copy, read it, and have it signed on August 10th at 1:00 p.m. at Barnes & Noble, located at 970 S. Colorado Blvd. Denver. Here is a link to this event on Colorado Community Media. Or on UpcomingEvents.com.
Jean Andrews
Joanne Greenberg