[Blindtlk] Ellen Bomer's Book "Miss Gloria" is finally available
lsterling0
l.sterling0 at gmail.com
Wed May 4 13:50:43 UTC 2011
Hi Don, this is Louana I was at LCB with Ellen. I thought about her when I
heard the news Monday glad to here she is doing well. I wanted to call her
over the last few years but lost your phone number. Tell her I am glad she
is doing so well.
I will post the information on my facebook page about the book and cannot
wait to read it. I would like to get her to autograph a copy for me.
I also wanted to let her know I graduated college. Also I am no longer
Louana Bigner I married my childhood sweetheart June 6 2009. I would love to
hear from her.
Please give her my email so she can get in touch.
Thank you
Louana Sterling
Owner of vipspouses a list for visually impaired and blind individuals to
discuss frustrations in their lives.
for an invertation To join contact
lsterling0 at gmail.com
-----Original Message-----
From: blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Don Bomer (Tex) (by way of David Andrews <dandrews at visi.com>)
Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2011 11:59 PM
To: blindtlk at nfbnet.org; nfb-talk at nfbnet.org; nfb-announce at nfbnet.org;
4alabama at nfbnet.org
Subject: [Blindtlk] Ellen Bomer's Book "Miss Gloria" is finally available
To all family members, friends and prayer warriors,
Yesterday was a very, very busy day for us. As you probably know, my
wife Ellen was blinded in the 1998 al-Qaeda attack on the US embassy
in Nairobi, Kenya. She died in the Nairobi hospital, followed the
white light, felt the presence of God and saw our deceased son John.
Although she was at peace and wanted to stay, she was "sucked back"
and she knew God wasn't finished with her; he had a purpose for her
here on earth.
We've been struggling for almost 9 years to write a book about the
ordeal, Ellen's faith, her recovery and the reason she was spared.
The book, titled Miss Gloria, was just published about three weeks
ago. This was the code name Ellen was given to hide her from the
press and possible further terrorist attack while recovering from her
most serious wounds at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in 1998 and
1999. It is truly a book of deep faith and devotion to God and His plan.
Last Friday Mr. William M. Daley, former United States Secretary of
Commerce, sent us the following comment on Ellen's book: "Miss Gloria
is a remarkable story of courage and perseverance in the face of
seemingly insurmountable odds. Ellen's story underscores her
incredible spirit and devotion to faith, family and country."
Also last week our Rector, Father William Patrick Gahan had this to
say: "I see Ellen every week. She is such a familiar face at Saints
Stephen's that I think most of us have even forgotten that she is
blind. Yet her story never rings familiar. I've heard Ellen speak to
several hundred people, and the room becomes so quiet that people
forget to breathe. Her words knock the wind out of you, and then
they give it back on the wings of the Spirit. Ellen's story is one
of hope and love and faith and generosity. You cannot share Ellen's
story without being challenged in your complacency and then changed
for the better. When I see Ellen walk into our church on Sundays, I
am reminded that not even bombs have the power to destroy what God has
made."
We were planning to start marketing Miss Gloria in the next couple of
weeks. However, Sunday night's news of Osama Bin Laden's death and
yesterday's attention by the news media gave us motivation to get on
with the program and get her story out. We never prayed for Bin
Laden's death but we did pray often for God's punishment of him and
his ilk. Sunday our prayers were answered.
Yesterday Ellen was interviewed by Austin's
<http://www.kvue.com/news/Central-Texas-woman-remembers-al-Qaeda-bombing-cel
ebrates-bin-Ladens-death-121122739.html>KVUE
(ABC),
<http://www.kxan.com/dpp/news/embassy-bombing-survivor-feels-relief>KXAN
(NBC) and
<http://www.amazon.com/Miss-Gloria-Terrorism-Ellen-Bomer/dp/1414113668/ref=s
r_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1304482363&sr=8-1>KEYE
(CBS). Her story aired last night on KVUE at 6 P.M. and the other
stations at 10 P.M. Each reporter asked different questions so please
try to see each of them. Some, if not all, forwarded their stories
to their respective networks so those of you that aren't in central
Texas may see them on your local stations. They all have the story on
their websites on the above links.
The last stop locally is to Austin tomorrow morning for Ellen to be
on Fox 7, <http://www.myfoxaustin.com/subindex/good_day>KTBC "Good
Day Austin," at 9AM. It will most likely be the longest and most
in-depth interview of them all. See it on the KTBC website if you
don't get the station.
If you are in the Wimberley area we will soon have at least two book
signings in the immediate future with others in Austin, San Antonio
and other locations to follow. Otherwise, if you are interested in
reading Ellen's book right away it's currently available on our
publisher's website,
<https://www.winepressbooks.com/product.asp?pid=3269&search=6&select=browser
&ss=1>www.winepressbooks.com
through the inspirational books link, or on
<http://www.amazon.com/Miss-Gloria-Terrorism-Ellen-Bomer/dp/1414113668/ref=s
r_1_11?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1304482770&sr=1-11>www.amazon.com
where you can also browse through a few pages. You may also order
through any bookstore by asking for Miss Gloria by Ellen Bomer with
Mary McNeil, ISBN-13: 978-1-4141-1366-1 / ISBN 10: 1-4141-1366-8, or
just
<http://www.google.com/search?q=%22Miss+Gloria%22+and+%22Ellen+Bomer%22&sour
ceid=ie7&rls=com.microsoft:en-US&ie=utf8&oe=utf8&rlz=#sclient=psy&hl=en&rls=
com.microsoft:en-US&source=hp&q=Miss+Gloria+by+Ellen+Bomer&aq=f&aqi=&aql=f&o
q=&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_p>Google
for Miss Gloria by Ellen Bomer. Interestingly, I see that it's
available from Amazon in Japan, WHSmith in the UK and from
Flipcart.com in India as well.
The E-Book version will be available in mid-May on WinePressBooks.com
and Amazon.com for PDF version, Kindle and most other readers, on
iTunes for iBook, iPhone, iPad as well as Sony E-Books, and other
sources. An Audio book is in the plans and Ellen's publicist, Lisa
Beth Thomas of LBTJ Group in Austin is planning a national campaign
to include Oprah or Ellen (whoever responds first) and an eventual movie.
I ask that you please pray for Ellen's success with her ventures and,
of course, an end to terrorism for all time.
Warm regards,
Don and Ellen Bomer
PS: We really wouldn't mind if this EMail goes viral so please
re-post the WinePress link to your Facebook wall and forward this
message to everyone in your address book.
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