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Frontline
- Narrated by: Dr Tony Redmond
- Length: 9 hrs and 8 mins
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Summary
‘A brilliant insight into the forgotten heroes at the sharp end of humanitarian emergencies.’ Jon Snow, Channel 4 News
This is a story of tireless hard work and astonishing bravery.
Tony Redmond has deployed to wars, refugee crises, air crashes, earthquakes, typhoons, volcanoes, and disease outbreaks for over thirty years. Featuring tales of hope and redemption, as well as untold suffering and mismanagement, this raw, honest account could only have been written by someone who has for decades performed incredible feats of altruism.
Frontline takes the reader from the wards of Manchester’s Nightingale hospital to Kosovo, from Sierra Leone’s Ebola outbreak to Lockerbie, and from Haiti to the Philippines. We find its author risking life and limb to help those affected by events beyond their control.
But while humanitarian work and medicine require an innate goodness, not all those involved have benign motives. And saving lives requires difficult choices: between the desire to relieve suffering and the need to weigh up the context. Too often medical aid is found wanting, doing more harm than good.
How are life-or-death choices made in the heat of the moment? What are the consequences of your action, or inaction? Is it better at times to do nothing? How do you live with yourself if you want to help but can’t?
This is a frank account of the personal toll — physical, mental and social — emergency medicine levies on those who choose to do it. But ultimately, Frontline offers a tale of optimism, persistence and triumph over adversity, speaking to the resilience and fortitude of those who help and those whose lives they save.
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"An impressive story of courage and compassion, at great personal risk - and cost." (Gavin Francis, author of Adventures in Human Being)
"A brilliant book by a courageous medic at the perilous forefront of disaster medicine." (Professor Stephen Westaby, author of Fragile Lives)
"The vividly told story of a remarkable man. An inspiring book, full of humanity and goodness." (Martin Sixsmith, author of Philomena and The Litvinenko File)
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- Daniel Herval
- 26-10-24
Heroism and self-awareness
I could not fault this audiobook. It touched me deeply and I was especially impressed by the self-awareness shown by the author.
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- Anonymous User
- 28-05-23
Interesting and informative
The story of Tony Redmonds life and his professional and volunteer activities in the forefront of many large disasters. It gives detail and background to a number of happenings of which we remember the headlines and the press reports but it adds personal information and comments not available elsewhere. The narrative also gives many examples of outstanding actions by others.
Occasionally a lot of detail to follow but worth sticking with in those periods. I wonder about the effect on his family of his long absences from home. A working life of “making a difference” and a book well worth listening to.
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- Elizabeth Abdelkereem
- 14-10-24
The most amazing human!
This is the meaning of a true humanatarian.Purest of them all.All of the teams and the ones lost.Thank you all for existing.
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- LadyYaYa
- 16-11-21
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Really enjoyed this book. The author is humble and a hero. Worth a listen for sure
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