You might be interested in this book about Rebekkah Barnard's experience as a woman in trucking. She has an easy to read style and sprinkles humor throughout the book.

You can purchase it at Amazon.com
http://www.amazon.com/Confessions-Female-Truck-Driver-Barnard/dp/1441511164/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1258426985&sr=8-1

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Ellen Voie
President/CEO
Member 10002-I
Women In Trucking, Inc.

This is from the author....



Hi I am Rebby Barnard and I wrote the book "Confessions of a Female Truck Driver".

I recently joined the Women In Trucking group. I want to do my part to improve conditions for truck drivers - and women truck drivers.

I started driving a truck initially in 1994. It was fun and memorable. As difficult and challenging as it was - I enjoyed it immensely.

Unfortunately a bad accident on black ice ended my career early. I talk about that in my book.

Years later starting in 2002 I started telling my friends and family about my truck driving adventures. It started as emails and the emails became chapters which became my book. I continued to write it for seven years finally finishing it in 2009!

Some of these adventures were vindictive things that I did (like chapters 1 and 2 and 4) but other chapters involve things which I could only experienced by being a driver.

In 2008 I became a truck driver again. It is my second chance and I am making the most of it.

To be honest, my book is more about what it is like to be a truck driver - not what it is like to be a woman truck driver. My book is a foot in the door or an icebreaker. When people read it and are interested in it - I figured then I could talk more specifically about the problems and challenges being a female truck driver.

My book is humorous of course - but I talk about a number of serious things too. I feel it would be of interest to truck drivers and four-wheelers alike.

I may from time to time post segments of my book on the site.

Thank you.

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Ellen Voie
President/CEO
Member 10002-I
Women In Trucking, Inc.


Edited by Ellen Voie on Nov 18, 2009 at 05:17 PM

I am going to have to check your book out. Did you ever think you would become an author?
I did not think I would in my wildest dreams, but if you drive a truck long enough there's always a good story.