By Rachael Herron

Rachael Herron is the bestselling author of thirteen novels, including The Ones Who Matter Most and Splinters of Light (Penguin). A half-New Zealander-half-American, she holds an MFA from Mills College.

  1. Holding Hope: On Being a 911 Operator

    By Rachael Herron

    in Personal Stories

    I’ve worked 911 for seventeen years as the first of the first responders. I’m the person who tells you how to do CPR when you see a guy drop in front of Starbucks, when no one else wants to help, when you can’t remember one single thing you learned in that class you took before you had your first kid.

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