Ambulance Girl: How I Saved Myself By Becoming an EMT (edit title)

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Liked It Rated 4 stars “Jane Stern is fifty two years old,not happy in her life,needing a change and some motivation. One day while doing errands a sign outside the Georgetown Volunteer Fire Company caught her eye. It read VOLS. WANTED......FIRE EMS. Facing her fears and depression she jumps in feet first forever...” see full review » see other reviews »

Didn’t Like It Rated 2 stars “kind of boring” see full review » see other reviews »

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  • Rated 4 stars

  “Jane Stern is fifty two years old,not happy in her life,needing a change and some motivation. One day while doing errands a sign outside the Georgetown Volunteer Fire Company caught her eye. It read VOLS. WANTED......FIRE EMS.
  Facing her fears and depression she jumps in feet first forever altering her life.
  She is very open, honest and yes at times arrogant sounding.
  You can feel her growth and stumbles. ”

  SouthWestZippy wrote this review Thursday, February 11 2010. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
  • Rated 4 stars

  “I think that is book is really good. I can relate to it on so many different levels.”

  Katie W wrote this review Saturday, January 16 2010. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
  • Rated 3 stars

  “If you are an NPR addict you will recognize that the author is the better half of Jane and Michael Stern, columnists for Gourmet magazine and contributors to The Splendid Table radio program. (They have the ideal job: they travel around the country, visit locally famous restaurants, eats lots of great food, and report on it for the magazine and radio program.)
  
  This book, however, has nothing to do with food. Jane Stern found that in her mid-fifties she was overweight and depressed, and decided to do the thing she was the most afraid of, which was train to be a volunteer EMT for her little town in Connecticut. She amazed herself and her friends and family by doing just that, and this is the story of her transformation and her encounters with her small town’s emergencies.
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  Betsy Ellis wrote this review Tuesday, September 15 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
  • Rated 5 stars

  “A really interesting memoir of a woman who deals with her depression and anxiety by confronting her fears head on. Very inspiring and funny!”

  littlelena wrote this review Friday, April 24 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
  • Rated 2 stars

  “kind of boring”

  Sandy W wrote this review Saturday, January 17 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
  • Rated 4 stars

  “this book makes you really evaluate yourself. as a female who is in the ems field, this book really hits home”

  Megan wrote this review Monday, December 17 2007. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
  • Rated 4 stars

  “Foodie Jane Stern shows another side of herself when she becomes an EMT for her small Connecticut town. This book was much more interesting and entertaining than the made-for-TV movie that resulted from it. ”

  Labiblica wrote this review Sunday, May 27 2007. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No