The Bright Fabric of Life

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Thoughtful, beautifully written and brimming with tenderness, this is the story of two young women who make a life changing connection in Ethiopia. Sylvie is filled with hope and joy but her dreams are destroyed when a disastrous childbirth leaves her broken both emotionally and physically, facing rejection and isolation. Juliet is a feisty surgeon in London, about to embark on an extraordinary, rollercoaster of discovery in Africa.

This heart-wrenching, intelligent novel could be described as Gray's Anatomy on tour to Africa: an insecure female surgeon with a complicated and evolving love life; an Ethiopian patient with a powerfully moving tragedy in her background, greatly in need of help; and an unfolding drama which brings them both together.

A compelling life-story set in Ethiopia and London, written with exceptional grace.

Published with the support of global best-selling writer Alexander McCall Smith.

Proceeds from this book go to the Uganda Childbirth Injury Fund https://www.ucif.co.uk/

Reviews

'The Bright Fabric of Life is an uplifting tale with a focus on the life-changing connection between characters'

-- Sally McDonald * Sunday Post *

'Explores flashes of hope amid despair in her debut novel, The Bright Fabric of Life. This assuredness in opening up two worlds most of us know nothing about that gives her novel its power'

-- David Robinson * The Scotsman *

'Gives voice to health conditions that dont have much of a profile, despite their devastating effects... Collies debut novel The Bright Fabric of Life is surely the first to deal with repairing fistulae in Ethiopia... [she] explores flashes of hope amid despair'

* Books From Scotland *

'Collie brings us a story brimming with tenderness'

* Scots Magazine *

Author Bio

Mhairi Collie OBE is a consultant surgeon in Edinburgh. Since 2001 she has regularly undertaken surgery in sub-Saharan Africa to treat women with childbirth injuries. She initially worked for Medecins sans frontieres, then co-founded the charity Uganda Childbirth Injury Fund. She is married, with two children and a very naughty springer spaniel.