Joanne Greenberg will soon publish a memoir about her time as one of the first women to volunteer on the Lookout Fire Rescue team. (via thknwco)
In 1964, her second book, the critically acclaimed “,” was published and sold millions of copies. The semi-autobiographical novel tells the story of a 16-year-old girl diagnosed with schizophrenia who creates an entire world inside her head as a way to retreat from the reality that she lives in an institution.
But Greenberg went on to write 15 more novels and four short story collections. She’s also won a dozen awards, including the National Jewish Book Award for Fiction for her debut novel and the Colorado Author of the Year award in 1991.GOLDEN, CO – JUNE 21: Some of Joanne Greenberg’s books in her mountain home on Tuesday, June 21, 2022.
Today, Greenberg lives in a cabin-like home near Lookout Mountain, overlooking the rolling foothills west of Denver. Foothills Fire & Rescue, which was formed in 1997 after the Lookout Mountain, Idledale, and Mount Vernon Fire Protection Districts merged — lies just down the road. It was 1973, and a 40-year-old Greenberg, who had already achieved success, was happy to lend a hand, figuring she’d be putting out a few small bush fires now and then. “I wasn’t doing anything particularly — probably ironing,” she noted.
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