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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.
'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 don’t have much of a profile, despite their devastating effects... Collie’s 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 * 'This book will make readers laugh and cry, while also highlighting the plight of many women in Africa and offering insight into the psyche of a surgeon' -- TAMZIN CUMING, President of UK Women in Surgery 'It is impossible not to be moved by this gravely beautiful book. Mhairi Collie has written a fine novel that will linger long in the mind – and in the heart of the reader' -- Alexander McCall Smith 'A story that should be told. Mhairi Collie’s writing is full of compassion and thoughtfulness' -- Kirsty Young 'a gorgeous, cheering and enlightening novel' -- Tamzin Cuming * Royal College of Surgeons England *
