SILLY WOMAN, BIG RIGS ARE
FOR MEN
BY MARYELLEN
Never would I have ever considered driving an 18-wheeler a career choice when I graduated high school in 1962. But I did, and for the first time ever, here’s an eye-opening look at the world of truck driving from the driver’s seat.
This book allows you to experience the reality of what it’s like to drive one of those smoke-belching monstrous 18-wheelers while sitting safely in your recliner at home.
Mary Ellen doesn’t realize in her quest for financial stability she’s stepping out of the box and squarely into the all-male bastion of trucking. Still, she finds the strength to come out of every situation ready to face the next challenge. Her experiences are all here from navigating endless unfamiliar cities prior to GPS and cell phones, to backing her tractor-trailer into places she’s sure a car wouldn’t fit. She overcomes it all.
The Author takes you behind the wheel with her as you are swept from one adventure to the next, situations like driving through a raging Wyoming blizzard in an effort to get home for a special function. She didn’t make it.
Or, delivering to the infamous Hunt’s Point Market in New York City. Where, for the first time, she considered carrying a gun. She shows the reader how this job is so much more than just driving, it is a lifestyle. I learned so much and I’m here to tell you it’s true, If you bought it, (then without question) a truck brought to you.
My second book, High Heeled Trucker is a novel about, what else, a female trucker and the problems she faces. From being laid off a good paying job, to dealing with a boss that’s determined to get up close and personal with her because he signs her check. Chris shows him how she feels about his behavior.
When Chris, my protagonist, meets Chet, a guy who thinks the last place a woman should be is behind the wheel of an 18-wheeler. Chris, my sassy female trucker gets a chance to show, not only Chet but other women how to take charge of their lives.
Chet’s boss sets him up with a high paying team run if he can find a partner. Ick, as unlikely a team driver as could be found, is hired by Chet. All goes reasonably well until—up pops an unforeseeable problem. Circumstance has Chet paying for his prejudiced opinion about women truck drivers when he must beg Chris to take Ick’s place immediately.
This allows Chris to prove women can be capable drivers.
I am working on it and hope to publish it soon.