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Women fire fighters -- United States -- Biography.
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Fire extinction -- California.
Wildfires -- California.
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Frank, Clare.
Frank, Clare.
Women fire fighters -- United States -- Biography.
Fire fighters -- United States -- Biography.
Fire extinction -- California.
Wildfires -- California.
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Burnt : a memoir of fighting fire /
Clare
Frank
.
by
Frank
,
Clare
.
Abrams Press, 2023.
Call #:
363.37092 F828b
Subjects
Frank
,
Clare
.
Women fire fighters -- United States -- Biography.
Fire fighters -- United States -- Biography.
Fire extinction -- California.
Wildfires -- California.
ISBN:
9781419763908 (hc)
Description:
316 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Summary:
"Burnt is a book about finding your calling, even if it’s an unexpected one. It’s about finding your home, even if you aren’t immediately welcomed. And it’s about reaching the top and making a difference, even if you don’t look like you fit in. When
Clare
Frank
was 17 years old, she became a firefighter in Northern California.
Clare
was five-foot-two and officially too young to join the service -- she left her birthdate blank on her paperwork, hoping no one would notice. And she didn’t look like her peers, who sported an Adam’s apple and a mustache. But her brother was a firefighter and loved it, so she thought she’d try it out, too. Very soon, she knew she had found her calling. Burnt is Frank’s inspiring, richly detailed, and open-hearted account of an extraordinary life in fire. It chronicles the transformation of a young adult determined to prove her mettle into a scarred and sensitive veteran, grappling with the weight of her duties as chief of fire protection -- one of the highest-ranking women in Cal Fire history -- while record-setting fires engulf her home state. Mentors and mediocre managers, funerals and scandal, pickup basketball, car crashes, and always fire -- no one has written about this world, from this perspective, like
Clare
Frank
. She masterfully mixes irreverence and awe, taking readers inside firehouses, on daily calls, and along to gigantic wildfires where antics and dark humor balance terrifying risk, trauma, and a sense of almost holy responsibility. Burnt: A Memoir of Fighting Fire is an unforgettable memoir from an American original."--Publisher.
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Autobiographies.
Memoirs.
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