Reviews tagging 'Excrement'

The Secret Midwife: Life, Death and the Truth about Birth by Katy Weitz, Philippa George

3 reviews

bookchatwithbeth's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Infertility, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

sammantha's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Pregnancy

marieketron's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

This book is roughly divided into two parts, with the first showing us the beauty of being a midwife, and the second part showing how it's being made so much harder to do that job well. I'm grateful that the midwife in question recognised and shared the unequal structure of management vs practitioners, the unfair workload, which is highlighted in how management treats sick leave and nurses in general. Eye opening and important read for anyone who wants to get a look into the workings of the NHS and how it is changing over recent years.

Oh plus the narrator was fantastic at acting out the sounds of women in labour, very immersive and impressive while not being distracting. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Addiction, Blood, Excrement, and Vomit

Minor: Child abuse and Child death