The Heat of the Moment The Heat of the Moment

The Heat of the Moment

A Firefighter’s Stories of Life and Death Decisions

    • 3.9 • 13 Ratings
    • £4.99

Publisher Description

'An inspirational memoir from an extraordinary woman . . . A humbling, jaw-dropping read' Viv Groskop


'This book will change the way you think. Forever' Cosmopolitan


Dr Sabrina Cohen-Hatton has been a firefighter for eighteen years. She decides which of her colleagues rush into a burning building and how they confront the blaze. She makes the call to evacuate if she believes the options have been exhausted or that the situation has escalated beyond hope.


Taking us to the very heart of firefighting, she immerses us in this extraordinary world; from scenes of devastation and crisis, through triumphs of bravery, to the quieter moments when she questions herself. Revealing her own story for the very first time, she recounts her years spent sleeping rough and her passion for a career that allows her to rescue others as she was never rescued herself.


This book is the result of everything she has learnt about how we respond in our most extreme moments.


'This book challenges assumptions about who firefighters are, and about what women can do' The Guardian

GENRE
Biography
RELEASED
2019
11 April
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
304
Pages
PUBLISHER
Transworld
SIZE
1.6
MB

Customer Reviews

bongo leaft ,

the heat of the moment

Massive respect for the author, BUT, what I was interested in was HOW she achieved what she did from where she was began. I admit I only got through 4/5 chapters and all seemed like an academic exercise, whew ! How does a girl on the street go from that to this. Maybe I didn’t stick with it long enough but I tried. REALLY, how on earth did you get there, and again you lost me before I found out, IF I was ever going to. Davy Jones /Scotland

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