Outback Midwife, 9780143780281
Paperback
Aussie midwife’s heartwarming journey: catching babies, from city to remote outback.

Outback Midwife

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  • Paperback

    320 pages

  • Release Date

    27 March 2016

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Summary

Outback Midwife: A Memoir of Life, Loss, and Adventure

Outback Midwife is a heartwarming memoir of an adventurous Aussie midwife’s 40 years of ‘catching babies’ in the most remote corners of Australia.

From her terrifying first day witnessing a birth as a naive student nurse to her training as a midwife—in the days before “birth plans”—Beth McRae’s journey is a testament to resilience and compassion.

Experience the highs and lows as Beth’s career takes her from the c…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780143780281
ISBN-10:014378028X
Author:Beth McRae
Publisher:Transworld Publishers (Division of Random House Australia)
Imprint:Bantam
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:320
Release Date:27 March 2016
Weight:220g
Dimensions:197mm x 130mm x 22mm
About The Author

Beth McRae

Beth McRae began her training as a midwife at Preston and Northcote Community Hospital in Victoria, in the days when birth plans were unheard of, and went on ‘catch babies’ all over Australia. After more than 30 years on the job, in her 50s there was one more frontier she was determined to conquer, the outback, where she believed her experience was needed more than anywhere else. So Beth upped sticks to a remote Aboriginal community in Arnhem Land and embarked on a whole new adventure.

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