Silent Siren
Memoirs of a Life Saving Mortician

I love those TV shows like Nightwatch that follow real-life medics, cops, and firefighters, so I did enjoy the way the author described different rescue scenarios--Sias spent most of his career as a paramedic. There were a few things that made this memoir a little weaker than it needed to be. It rea......more

Disgracefully judgmental, short tales The author makes a point of talking about his level of compassion and kindness to patients and families. This is a great sentiment, but entirely contradicted by passages like this: "A poorly maintained dirt driveway leads to a double-wide mobile home. A car park......more

While I love these types of books, the way he speaks about obese people is sickening. To say they are “a waste of breath”, called one woman a walrus, and just goes on and on about how huge they are, is disgusting and unneeded. Being a nurse myself, I know how hard it can be dealing with larger peopl......more

This author clearly has a huge issue with people who are overweight, and once you notice it then it’s all you notice. Barely a few pages pass by without mention of ‘a man and his obese wife’ (who has no relevance to the anecdote), or ‘300lb humanity’ or someone who is ‘gelatinous’ etc etc etc. In fa......more