~Book Review - Ambulance Girl by Jane Stern~

At 52 years old, Jane Stern had hit a rough patch in her life, suffering from too many phobias to name. One day she sees a sign for volunteer EMT's wanted at her local firehouse. On a whim, she signs up for the class. Despite all of her phobias, she passes all of the tests with flying colors and becomes a Volunteer EMT for the Georgetown CT Fire Department.

Her stories are funny and heart-breaking. From hanging out in the firehouse with "the guys" to going on a call to the AIDS Hospice facility and meeting a patient who touches her life for a very short amount of time.

I found myself laughing out loud many times, as Jane has a dry sense of humor, very similar to mine. We also share the same phobias....I didn't think anyone could be as phobic as I am of vomiting, but she proved me wrong!

I loved her story....and admire her greatly for pursuing her career as an EMT, despite being afraid. She found out that she gained so much in her life by helping others. It helped her find her niche...helping others helped her find herself.

Highly Recommended!

OUTSTANDING!

Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Three Rivers Press (April 27, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1400048699
• ISBN-13: 978-1400048694

Teaser Tuesday

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:
* Grab your current read*
* Open to a random page*
*Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page *
BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers! ;)

My teaser today is from Ambulance Girl by Jane Stern.

~I am beginning to realize that while the class was about taking a test and acting like the Dorothy Hamill girl, here at the firehouse it's about getting your hands on a really sick person and trying to save that person's life. Suddenly all my fears come back and I think I am way too claustrophobic to ride in the ambulance, to see anything icky, to get up at 3 am from my warm bed.~ pg 99

I am loving this memoir by Jane Stern. Although it deals with the serious subject of her training to become an EMT, Jane brings humor to her situations. I have laughed out loud more than a few times while reading this book. I just started it today.....it's a really good read! What's YOUR teaser today?