On Fire, Larry Brown
On Fire, Larry Brown
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On Fire

Author: Larry Brown

Narrator: Ed Sala

Unabridged: 4 hr 43 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 03/10/2008


Synopsis

Before he won stunning acclaim as one of today's most gifted southern writers, Larry Brown was a firefighter with the Oxford, Mississippi Fire Department. On Fire, his powerful and unflinching account of this experience, catapults listeners into the daily trauma all firefighters face-from the blistering heat of burning homes to the crunch of broken glass at crash scenes. As a gritty autobiography of a firefighter and as a lyrical exploration of one man's burning desire to write, this audiobook makes an unforgettable listening experience.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Theresa

I really disliked the disjointed way this memoir was told. He bounces around in time, so sometimes his kids are eight years old and then suddenly they haven’t been born yet. Now the fire department doesn’t have the money for the Hurst Jaws of Life, making rescuing accident victims from crashes nearl......more

Goodreads review by Bud

ah you know how it goes, a lifetime of reading books and most of them are alright, or even good. I have no idea how a book could be better than ON FIRE by Larry Brown. No idea whatsoever. Flat out incredible if you ask me.......more