Publication

2014 - McSweeneys Books, San Francisco, Calif, California

Language

English

Word Count

68,500 words, Guess

Page Count

274 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • Better World Books9781940450261
  • Open LibraryOL27167927M

Classifications

  • DDC813/.6
  • LCCPS3613.O71755 I5 2014
  • LCCPS3613.O71756 I5 2014
and 1 more
  • LCCPS3613.O71756I5 2014

Description

"What do you do when you can't function? After rookie EMT Piper Gallagher responds to a call outside a Los Angeles shopping mall for a man who can only tell her, 'I can't function,' the question begins to haunt her. How will Piper continue to function despite the horror she sees working in South Central, and despite her own fractured past? And how will the woman Piper loves continue to function as she experiences the aftershocks of her time spent serving in Iraq? Piper's experiences as a rookie break her down and open her up as her genuine urge to help patients confronts the daily realities of life in the back of an ambulance and a hospital's hallways. This vivid and visceral debut is a rich study in trauma--in its causes and effects, in its methods and disguises, in its power and its pull."-- jacket.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • In case of emergencyMcSweeneys Books2014-01-01

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