![]() And it’s not just the lurid appeal of gory cases like gunshot wounds or vehicle accidents. Everything about the job seems to inspire curiosity. My husband has worked for the South Australian Ambulance Service for the last 23 years and you don’t have to attend many dinner parties to realise that people are absolutely fascinated by paramedics. What was the starting point for the writing of this book, and did it take you anywhere unexpected? Joel witnesses a particularly harrowing incident, while for Tash, it’s the relentless exposure to trauma which threatens to destabilise her health and relationships. But constant exposure to trauma begins to take its toll and both characters experience moments of work-related crisis. With their regular workday being a supercut of the worst moments of other people’s lives, they maintain their sanity through a friendship built on a bedrock of black humour and mutual respect. Tash and Joel are both paramedics working on Adelaide’s medical frontline and the book follows their careers over a couple of decades, from their time as trainees in the late 1990s to the turn of 2020. ![]() Aside from her debut novel The Application of Pressure, she is also the author of four collections of poetry, including The Flaw in the Pattern (UWAP 2018).Ĭan you briefly outline your debut novel, The Application of Pressure ? Rachael Mead is a novelist and poet living in the Adelaide Hills. ![]()
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