GB meets 14-year-old girl who helped save his life

By George Bowering | November 2, 2015

CBC News, Oct. 19, 2015:

When 79-year-old George Bowering fell and nearly stopped breathing, he didn’t expect a young girl to be the one to help save his life.

On Monday, he had a chance to meet and thank her at a recognition event held by Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services at City Hall.

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“There’s a great deal of gentle humour in this book, and no overt sentimentality. Nostalgia might not be what it used to be, but most of the time it’s pretty darned good.” — Vancouver Sun

“Bowering’s always had a knack for presentation in print … Pinboy reads easily, breezily, as a memoir or a novel, or Spalding Gray-like monologue.” — Winnipeg Review

“I’ll hazard a prediction that Pinboy will be George Bowering’s most provocative work.” — Geist

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