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Things You Save in a Fire

Cassie Hanwell is a female firefighter who has spent her career dealing with emergencies. She is one of the few women in her Texas firehouse and has become an expert at handling other people’s tragedies. However, when her estranged mother asks her to move to Boston, Cassie is faced with a new kind of emergency. She must leave behind her old life and start anew in a tough, old-school Boston firehouse. The firemen are not thrilled to have a woman on the crew, and Cassie must work hard to prove herself to them.

She is determined to succeed, but she can’t help but feel her resolve slipping when she meets a handsome rookie who doesn’t seem to mind having her around. The Boston firehouse is very different from Cassie’s old job. There is hazing, a lack of funding, and poor facilities. The firemen are not used to having a woman on the crew, and they are not exactly welcoming to Cassie. However, she is determined to prove herself to them and show them that she is just as competent and smart as any of them. Cassie is faced with a difficult decision when she starts to feel her resolve slipping. She knows that she cannot fall in love with a firefighter, but she is finding it hard to resist the handsome rookie.

Will she jeopardize her place in a career where she has worked so hard to be taken seriously? Katherine Center’s Things You Save in a Fire is a heartfelt and affecting novel about life, love, and the true meaning of courage. Cassie’s story is one of determination and perseverance. She faces many challenges as a female firefighter in a male-dominated profession, but she never gives up. The novel is a reminder that we all have the strength to overcome adversity and that sometimes the greatest courage is found in the most unexpected places.

– Cassie Hanwell is a skilled firefighter in Texas – Her mother’s request to move to Boston is unexpected – Cassie faces challenges as a female firefighter in a new, tough Boston firehouse.

About The Author

Katherine Center is the New York Times Bestselling author of seven novels, Including How to Walk Away, Happiness for Beginners, and The Bright Side of Disaster. Her fourth novel, The Lost Husband, is soon to be a movie. Katherine has been compared to both Nora Ephron and Jane Austen, and the Dallas Morning News calls her stories ” Satisfying in the most soul-nourishing way.” Katherine recently gave a TEDx talk on how stories teach us empathy, and her work has appeared in USA Today, InStyle, Redbook, People, The Atlantic, Real Simple, and other publications. Katherine lives in Houston with her volunteer firefighter husband and two sweet kids.