Ambulance Girl: How I Saved Myself By Becoming an EMT
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.56 (737 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1400048699 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 240 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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Holed up in the couple's Connecticut home, she'd lost interest in doing much of anything. No one teaching "boot camp"-style classes would have tolerated a queasy (much less depressed or phobic) recruit, so she had to tough it out. . From Publishers Weekly At 52, Stern, a well-known foodie-she and her husband, Michael, have coauthored some 20 books on American culture and food, including Roadfood-found herself profoundly depressed. Stern's memoir is a quirky mix of humor, self-doubt and courage.Copyright 2003 Reed Business Inf
Her marriage of more than thirty years was suffering, and she was virtually immobilized by fear and anxiety. Jane—overweight and badly out of shape—had to surmount physical challenges like carrying a 250-pound man seated in a chair down a dark flight of stairs. As the daughter of parents who both died before she was thirty, Stern was terrified of illness and death, and despite the fact that her acclaimed career as a food and travel writer required her to spend a great deal of time on airplanes, she suffered from a persistent fear of flying and severe claustrophobia. Her story begins with the boot camp of EMT training: 140 hours at the hands of a dour ex-
How to save lives while you save yourself. I first heard Jane Stern on NPR. Her story intrigued me and I bought her book. Jane has been in the food reviewing business with her husband for awhile- radio and Gourmet magazine. She found herself sitting in front of her TV, a real couch potato, afraid to move or go anywhere. Eventually Jane realized that she needed some expertise and. She found the LOOPHOLE for a mid-life do-over!!!!! This is a great book for anyone who is far too young to sit in a rocking chair all day, but at the age where finally realizing dreams of being a super model probably aren't happening either.Jane Stern found a great way to get her groove back!!I discovered this book accidentally while searching online to see if other women in their She found the LOOPHOLE for a mid-life do-over!!!!! BookLover This is a great book for anyone who is far too young to sit in a rocking chair all day, but at the age where finally realizing dreams of being a super model probably aren't happening either.Jane Stern found a great way to get her groove back!!I discovered this book accidentally while searching online to see if other women in their 40s f. 0s f. Ambulance Girl â¤︠AshleyCooper I LOVED this book. I'm not much of a reader other than gossip magazines, if that counts. I may have read one whole book in the last 10 years. But I tore through this book cover to cover and was truly sad when I was done.