We stopped to watch the helicopters swoop down to fill the water baskets, like hummingbirds at a feeder. That was when we saw a new plume of smoke rising to the southwest. Four years after Therese Greenwood and her husband moved to Fort McMurray, Alberta, their new community was devastated by one of the worst wildfires in Canadian history. As the flames approached, they had only minutes to pack, narrowly escaping a fire that would rage for weeks, burn more than 85,000 hectares and force 80,000 people to flee. This skillfully told first-person account is more than a disaster narrative: Greenwood's experience and skill as a journalist and a mystery writer engages and maintains suspense. Her portrayal of how people behave in an emergency and how a community comes together is uplifting. Her stories of what she saved from the fire will resonate with anyone who has lived through a crisis, and help make sense of a life-changing event that garnered interest throughout the world.
Authors
- Control Number Identifier
- CaOOCEL
- Date published
- 2019.
- Description conventions
- rda
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 363.37/8092
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 23
- Distributor
- Canadian Electronic Library (Firm),
- General Note
- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- Geographic Area Code
- n-cn-ab
- ISBN
- 9781772124491 9781772124712
- LCCN
- SD421.34.C2
- LCCN Item number
- G74 2019eb
- Modifying agency
- CaBNVSL
- Original cataloging agency
- CaBNVSL
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (xiv, 144 pages)
- Published in
- Ottawa, Ontario
- Publisher or Distributor Number
- CaOOCEL
- Rights
- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)thg00978739 (OCoLC)1083340853 (CaOOCEL)457608
- System Details Note
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Transcribing agency
- CaBNVSL
Table of Contents
- Front cover 1
- Title page 4
- Copyright page 5
- Dedication 8
- Epigraphs 10
- Contents 12
- Prologue 14
- 1 Before 16
- 2 The Go Bag 28
- 3 The Rolling Pin 32
- 4 The Plaster Saint 40
- 5 The Sleigh Bells 54
- 6 The Beating Heart 66
- 7 The Bible and the Bee Book 78
- 8 The Cat Photo 86
- 9 The Breda Needlepoint 96
- 10 The Flattop and the Dobro 106
- 11 The Wedding Mirror 118
- 12 The Quilt 130
- 13 The Award 142
- 14 After 150
- Acknowledgements 158
- About the Author 160
- Other Titles from University of Alberta Press 161
