The story recounts the plane crash where the main character from How to Walk Away interacts with the main character from Things You Save in a Fire.
MORE: Katherine Center’s short story, The Girl in the Plane I’ve never really been able to relate to that component of his personality.” “I’m much more of a curl-up-on-the-sofa-and-read-about-doing-things kind of person. “I’m not really a doing-things kind of person,” Center said. But she’d seen up close what it’s like to be a firefighter - all the gear they have to wear and how dirty and sweaty her husband often was coming back from calls. That’s because Center writes in the first person and likes to try and embody the character whom she’s writing as. “But I didn’t want to write about that firefighter,” she said. That character’s brief appearance caught the attention of Center’s editor, who implored her to expand on her story. The idea came from a brief scene in Center’s previous novel, How to Walk Away, where the main character is involved in an accident and is rescued by a female firefighter. ( From the publisher.Michael Hagerty/Houston Public Media Katherine Center poses in the Houston Matters studio with her novel, Things You Save in a Fire. Katherine Center's Things You Save in a Fire is a heartfelt and healing tour-de-force about the strength of vulnerability, the nourishing magic of forgiveness, and the life-changing power of defining courage, at last, for yourself. Cassie can feel her resolve slipping.and it means risking it all-the only job she’s ever loved, and the hero she’s worked like hell to become. And don’t forget the advice her old captain gave her: Never date firefighters. Because love is girly, and it’s not her thing. Except for the infatuation-inspiring rookie, who doesn't seem to mind having Cassie around. Hazing, a lack of funding, and poor facilities mean that the firemen aren't exactly thrilled to have a "lady" on the crew-even one as competent and smart as Cassie. The tough, old-school Boston firehouse is as different from Cassie's old job as it could possibly be. But when her estranged and ailing mother asks her to give up her whole life and move to Boston, Cassie suddenly has an emergency of her own. As one of the only female firefighters in her Texas firehouse, she's seen her fair share of them, and she's a total pro at other people's tragedies. From the author of How to Walk Away comes a stunning new novel about courage, hope, and learning to love against all odds.Ĭassie Hanwell was born for emergencies.
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