[Blindtlk] Ellen Bomer's Book "Miss Gloria" is finally available

Thu May 5 15:50:26 UTC 2011

Hello Ellen and Don.  I am going to purchase and scan your book and am truly
excited to read it.  Ellen, I know Don better than I know you, but I suspect
that may change after I read your book.

Once you do some interviews that will generate more of a market than the
Braille Monitor can give you, perhaps you would be interested in doing an
interview we could run that would talk about the horrific event that cost
you your vision, your adjustment to blindness, and your writing of your
book.

I hope to meet both of you in Orlando, and I wish you tremendous success in
the sale of your book.  Love to you both,

Gary  

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From: blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
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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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