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Gone but Thankful: a Fireside Virtual Adventure featuring triple-amputee author Linda Olson

November 23, 2021 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm PST

$5.00 – $20.00

About the Event

“’I didn’t marry your arms and your legs … if you can do it, I can do it,’” was the first thing Linda Olson’s husband, Dave Hodgens, said to her after the accident. Meet Linda, who at age twenty-nine, lost both her legs and right arm in a train vs. car accident in Germany. In spite of everything, she decided to take control of her life rather than become a victim…

Please join us for this heartfelt Virtual Fireside Adventure to discuss Linda’s inspiring memoir, Gone: A Memoir of Love, Body, and Taking Back My Life, an incredible story of survival that reminds us all how precious life is. So make a hot cup of tea, grab a tissue or two, and curl up on the couch for this must-see Adventure where you can chat live with Linda, ask questions, and converse with her “on stage.” This Adventure will certainly inspire you to be thankful on so many levels.

To join our virtual event on the exciting new storytelling platform, Fireside, simply purchase a book below and we will send you a private VIP link to attend the virtual event. If you have an iPhone or iPad, you can be part of the virtual audience to chat live with Linda. With other devices, you can still listen live to the broadcast. Log-in instructions will be emailed 3-5 days prior to the event.

Your Adventure includes a paperback copy of Gone, tax, shipping within the U.S. and Canada, a live Fireside chat with Linda, Q&A, and the opportunity to hear Linda’s remarkable story.

About the Author and Book

At age twenty-nine, Linda Olson lost both her legs above the knee and her right arm in a train vs. car accident in Germany. Linda had to rebuild her life as she learned to walk with prostheses and devised new ways to perform the activities of daily living.

A year later she moved back to Los Angeles where she lived independently, gave birth to her first child, and finished her Radiology training. She had an illustrious thirty-year career as a Professor of Radiology at the University of California, San Diego where she was the Director of Breast Imaging and the recipient of many teaching awards. With help from teams of friends and family, Linda and her husband Dave raised their two children to canoe, kayak, backpack, raft and travel in remote places.

Detailing her experience in her new memoir, Gone, Linda explains how Dave and she were young doctors whose story had all the makings of a fairy tale. But then, while they were vacationing in Germany, a train hit their van, shattering their lives―and Linda’s body. When Linda saw Dave for the first time after losing her right arm and both of her legs, she told him she would understand if he left. His response: “I didn’t marry your arms or your legs. If you can do it, I can do it.”

In order to protect their loved ones, they decided to hide the truth about what really happened on those train tracks, and they kept their secret for thirty-five years. As a triple amputee, Linda learned to walk with prostheses and change diapers and insert IVs with one hand. She finished her residency while pregnant and living on her own. And she and Dave went on to pursue their dream careers, raise two children, and travel the world.

Gone asks readers to find not only courage but also laughter in the unexpected challenges we all face.

About Fireside

We are thrilled to announce that Adventures by the Book has been invited to host a literary series on Fireside which will include book discussions, author talks, book clubs, special presentations, and much more. During the course of WWII, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt instituted a series of “fireside chats” on the radio, as a way to regularly communicate self-assurance and calm during times of despair and uncertainty in our country. While once a thing of the past, thanks to the brilliant collaboration of billionaire entrepreneur and Shark Tank TV star, Mark Cuban, and Falon Fatemi, former CEO and Founder of Node.ai, Fireside Chats are back, bigger and better than ever, and in a technological format that allows YOU to actively participate!

Fireside Chat is the exclusive, invite-only new podcast platform for the next generation – a socially responsible space for us to come together in real-time to collaborate and create meaningful conversations. Together, we will engage in discussion, debate, and discourse in a public forum and make it a thing of celebration and beauty. We are ready to share our microphone with you and hope you’ll join us as we collaborate in the world’s most dynamic auditorium.

 

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Date:
November 23, 2021
Time:
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm PST
Cost:
$5.00 – $20.00
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