The Gap The Gap

The Gap

A paramedic’s summer on the edge

    • 4.6 • 107 Ratings
    • $15.99

Publisher Description

In this riveting memoir, Gilmour recounts the call-outs that summer: some dangerous, some gruesome, some downright ridiculous. And we meet fellow paramedic Tom who, they say, can get a laugh out of everyone except the dead. As the city heats up that summer, however, even Tom begins to lose his sense of humour. People are unravelling – and Benjamin and Tom are no exception.

The Gap is a vivid portrait of the lead-up to Christmas; an unflinching, no-holds-barred look at what happens after the triple-zero call is made – the drugs, nightclubs, brothels, drunk rich kids, billionaires, domestic disputes, the elderly, emergency births, even a kidnapping. Patients share their innermost feelings, and we witness their loneliness, their despair and their hopes.

Beautifully written and sharply observed, The Gap exposes the fragility of our lives and the lengths the paramedics will go to to try to save us.

GENRE
Biographies & Memoirs
RELEASED
2019
6 August
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
304
Pages
PUBLISHER
Penguin Random House Australia
SELLER
Penguin Random House Australia Pty Ltd
SIZE
972.8
KB

Customer Reviews

Chris Hatzis ,

Raw and Honest

Loved it

JemanelCole ,

The Gap

What a great book! Such a pleasure to read, was upset when it ended.

Moses Y ,

Realistic, funny, sophisticated and thought provoking.

Wish I can give this 6 star review. Forget about the TV series of Ambulance you’ve seen on TV. This book here, is the true depiction of the life of a paramedic.

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