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EPISODE · Mar 26, 2024 · 30 MIN

Burnt: A Memoir of Fighting Fire by Clare Frank

from Discover the Best Audio Stories in Biography & Memoir, Memoirs · host Lenny Little

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/745340 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Burnt: A Memoir of Fighting Fire Author: Clare Frank Narrator: Clare Frank Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 43 minutes Release date: March 26, 2024 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Women Publisher's 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 seventeen 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. She masterfully mixes irreverence and awe, taking listeners 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 is an unforgettable memoir.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/745340 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Burnt: A Memoir of Fighting Fire Author: Clare Frank Narrator: Clare Frank Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 43 minutes Release date: March 26, 2024 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Women Publisher's 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 seventeen 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. She masterfully mixes irreverence and awe, taking listeners 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 is an unforgettable memoir.

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