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First Responder: Life, Death, and Love on New York City's Frontlines: A Memoir by Jennifer Murphy
5.0
Author Jennifer Murphy is many things. She's an award-winning writer, a private investigator, AND a volunteer EMT, which she writes about in this book.
This book lets readers experience what it was like to be in NYC during the beginnings of the Covid pandemic and beyond. As an EMT she brings us into the back of the ambulance as she lovingly tends to the injured, the mentally ill and the homeless patients who are lucky enough to have her care for them. You will be frustrated at the people who refuse to take the pandemic seriously, get sick and the fallout is left to her and other medical professionals. You will be angry at the disparity of health care in the U.S. Above all, you will be thankful for people who choose the life of a First Responder.
* I read an advance copy and was not compensated.
This book lets readers experience what it was like to be in NYC during the beginnings of the Covid pandemic and beyond. As an EMT she brings us into the back of the ambulance as she lovingly tends to the injured, the mentally ill and the homeless patients who are lucky enough to have her care for them. You will be frustrated at the people who refuse to take the pandemic seriously, get sick and the fallout is left to her and other medical professionals. You will be angry at the disparity of health care in the U.S. Above all, you will be thankful for people who choose the life of a First Responder.
* I read an advance copy and was not compensated.