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Hard pushed: a midwife's story (Record no. 74392)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9781786331601
080 ## - UNIVERSAL DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Universal Decimal Classification number WQ 161 HAZ
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Hazard, Leah
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Hard pushed: a midwife's story
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc. London
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Hutchinson
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2019
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE
General note Monograph
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE
General note ix, 353p. ; 22cm.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. <p><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">No sleep for twenty hours.</span></p> <p><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">No food for ten.</span></p> <p><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">And a ward full of soon-to-be mothers…</span></p> <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif, Calibri;">Welcome to the life of a midwife. Life on the NHS front line, working within a system at breaking point, is more extreme than you could ever imagine. From the bloody to the beautiful, from moments of utter vulnerability to remarkable displays of strength, from camaraderie to raw desperation, from heart-wrenching grief to the pure, perfect joy of a new-born baby, midwife Leah Hazard has seen it all. Through her eyes, we meet Eleanor, whose wife is a walking miracle of modern medicine, their baby a feat of reproductive science; Crystal, pregnant at just fifteen, the precarious, flickering life within her threatening to come far too soon; Star, birthing in a room heady with essential oils and love until an enemy intrudes and Pei Hsuan, who has carried her tale of exploitation and endurance thousands of miles to somehow find herself at the open door of Leah's ward. Moving, compassionate and intensely candid, Hard Pushed is a love letter to new mothers and to Leah's fellow midwives - there for us at some of the most challenging, empowering and defining moments of our lives.</span>
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        Newcomb Library at Homerton Healthcare Newcomb Library at Homerton Healthcare Shelves 17/06/2019   WQ 11 HAZ 17178 29/09/2022 29/09/2022 Book
        Whittington Health Library Whittington Health Library Shelves 24/07/2019   WQ 161 HAZ 00014915 06/06/2022 06/06/2022 Book 14-day loan
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