Thought provoking

What was it like?

This is an incredibly powerful book, and at the same dreadful in that this is avoidable in low resource countries. The accounts of women who state obstetric fistulas as a living death. We often complain of our health service, but we are so lucky in the UK. This is a plea to ensure that suffering does not take place

What were the highlights? 

Written in a way that this is brought to life, outlining the history but more so the way forward to empower women in other countries and in doing this I hope lives will be saved and other lives improved- this is the 21^st century no one should be suffering as some of the women are. In some of the poorer countries this is medieval- women ostracised form their communities and villages.

This highlights to the reader a grave plight that needs to be recognised and changed.

Strengths & weaknesses:

The author has researched this subject well he is a Professor in Anthropology as well as in Obs and Gynae so he well equipped to write this, the writing is good and although I knew little of this subject found the book easy to read.

The only weakness is the size of the font –  I wear reading glasses but needed a magnifying glass- perhaps the publishers could look at this – it could put readers off.

Who should read it?

All staff working in obs and gyne, also students to ensure they have insight into this problem, overseas charities who can make a difference.