INTENSIVE CARE: THE STORY OF A NURSE
(Revised 2024 with photos)
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER, INTENSIVE CARE: The Story of a Nurse (Revised 2024), is the gripping account of critical care nurse, Echo Heron. From training to practice, Heron's riveting first-person account carries an emotional impact that will leave few readers unmoved. A winning mixture of emotion, humor, and medical drama, INTENSIVE CARE is a fast-paced fascinating read.
PRAISE FOR NEW YORK TIMES bestseller
INTENSIVE CARE: The Story of a Nurse
and
CONDITION CRITICAL: The Story of a Nurse Continues
"A PASSIONATE AND PAINFUL LOOK AT NURSING by a woman who eloquently explains the good, the bad and the maddening about her profession." - Kirkus Reviews
"Shockingly believable....Chronicles the voyage of an idealistic nursing student through the gritty realities of practice...with humor and a fine eye for detail." The Washington Post
"RIVETING....A first-person documentary that reads like a novel. A winning combination of medical anecdotes and personal observations....There's never a dull or preachy moment...could not be better reading." Anniston Star
"DRAMATIC...RINGS TRUE...A GRIPPING ACCOUNT of training and ten years in the emergency and coronary care unit...and her burnout from physical and emotional exhaustion." Publisher's Weekly
"More than graphic hospital war stories....A HEARTFELT, GAMELY HUMOROUS NARRATIVE." The Boston Phoenix
"Carries an emotional impact that will leave few readers unmoved....FASCINATING READING." John Barkham's Reviews
MEDIA INFORMATION FOR:
INTENSIVE CARE; THE STORY OF A NURSE
True Medicine/Autobiographical
1987 Macmillan //1988 Ivy/ Ballantine
2011 Available in E-book from Kindle, Barnes&Noble, Smashwords, and many others
2024 REVISED AND REPUBLISHED/ HERON QUILL PRESS
BESTSELLER LISTS:
*NEW YORK TIMES/8 Weeks/ July-Aug 1988
San Francisco Chronicle - 4 Weeks - Aug 1988
Waldenbooks - 30 weeks July 1988- Feb 1989
Book of the Year 1988 American Journal of Nursing
Doubleday Book Club and Literary Guild selections 1987
MAGAZINE EXCERPTS
Glamour and Redbook excerpted 1987
AUDIO PUBLICATIONS: Japanese publisher - read by the author
FOREIGN RIGHTS: Japan, Britain, Slovakia, Austria, Canada, Australia
Optioned for Film: Telecom Inc., and Citadel, Inc.
MEDIA TOUR (partial list): The Today Show, Oprah, CBS Morning Show,
CNN Midday, CNN Nightline, Sally Jesse Rafael, NPR Boston, Michael Jackson Show