The Inland Sea by Madeleine Watts6/25/2023 ![]() ![]() And yet the stress of listening to far-off disasters seeps into her personal life, and she begins walking home with keys in hand, ready to fight off men disappointed by what they find in neighboring bars. ![]() The work becomes monotonous: answer, transfer, repeat. ![]() Callers report car accidents and violent spouses and homes caught up in flame. Over the course of an eight-hour shift, she is dropped into hundreds of crises, hearing only pieces of each. A young Australian woman unable to find her footing in the world begins to break down when the emergencies she hears working as a 911 operator and the troubles within her own life gradually blur together, forcing her to grapple with how the past has shaped her present.ĭrifting after her final year in college, a young writer begins working part-time as an emergency dispatch operator in Sydney. ![]()
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