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Aussie Midwives

by Fiona McArthur
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Nineteen Australian midwives share their incredible stories with passionate midwife and bestselling author Fiona McArthur.
Midwives play a vital role in supporting women through some of the most challenging and rewarding moments of their lives. These remarkable professionals watch over births across Australia from the remote outback to busy urban hospitals.
Meet Annie, working on the tiny island of Saibai where mothers arrive by dinghy; Kate, a clinical midwifery consultant, who sees women with high-risk pregnancies; Priscilla and Jillian who fly thousands of miles to get mothers and babies to hospital safely with the Royal Flying Doctor Service; and Louise, who gives impromptu consultations in the aisles of the local supermarket.
Funny one minute and heartbreaking the next, Aussie Midwives explores the joys, emotion and drama of childbirth and the lasting effect it has on the people who work in this extraordinary profession.
PRAISE FOR FIONA MCARTHUR
'McArthur...has great skill in storytelling.' Sydney Morning Herald
'Reading Fiona McArthur is like wrapping yourself in a warm blanket and sitting under the stars.' Rachael Johns
'I never miss one of Fiona McArthur's books.' Sam Still Reading
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Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia

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  • ISBN: 9781760141219
  • File size: 9462 KB
  • Release date: March 28, 2016

EPUB ebook

  • ISBN: 9781760141219
  • File size: 9462 KB
  • Release date: March 28, 2016

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subjects

Biography & Autobiography Medical Nonfiction

Languages

English

Nineteen Australian midwives share their incredible stories with passionate midwife and bestselling author Fiona McArthur.
Midwives play a vital role in supporting women through some of the most challenging and rewarding moments of their lives. These remarkable professionals watch over births across Australia from the remote outback to busy urban hospitals.
Meet Annie, working on the tiny island of Saibai where mothers arrive by dinghy; Kate, a clinical midwifery consultant, who sees women with high-risk pregnancies; Priscilla and Jillian who fly thousands of miles to get mothers and babies to hospital safely with the Royal Flying Doctor Service; and Louise, who gives impromptu consultations in the aisles of the local supermarket.
Funny one minute and heartbreaking the next, Aussie Midwives explores the joys, emotion and drama of childbirth and the lasting effect it has on the people who work in this extraordinary profession.
PRAISE FOR FIONA MCARTHUR
'McArthur...has great skill in storytelling.' Sydney Morning Herald
'Reading Fiona McArthur is like wrapping yourself in a warm blanket and sitting under the stars.' Rachael Johns
'I never miss one of Fiona McArthur's books.' Sam Still Reading
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Biography & Autobiography Medical Nonfiction