A feel-good, uplifting tale of two women who make a life-changing connection.
In Ethiopia, beautiful Sylvie's successful life is derailed by a disastrous childbirth. With no money and no hope, all seems lost.
In London, feisty Juliet is struggling with the many challenges facing a female surgeon as well as inner traumas of her own. Unsure how to balance career, love and life, she escapes to Ethiopia.
Under the vast African sky, these two women's lives are unexpectedly brought together. Can they help each other come to terms with their pasts? And will they be able to see a bright future on the horizon?
Published with the support of global best-selling writer Alexander McCall Smith.
Proceeds from this book go to the Uganda Childbirth Injury Fund https://www.ucif.co.uk/
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'The Bright Fabric of Life is an uplifting tale with a focus on the life-changing connection between characters'
" - Sunday Post
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'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'
" - The Scotsman
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'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
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'Collie brings us a story brimming with tenderness'
" - Scots Magazine
