Island Nurses. Stories Of Birth, Life And Death On Remote Great Barrier Island

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: As New
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Publisher Place: Auckland
Publisher Year: 2017
Edition: First Edition

Description: 253 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in As new condition throughout.

Publishers Description: Leonie Howie and Adele Robertson live and work on remote Great Barrier Island - so called because it faces the full brunt of the wild Pacific weather and acts as a barrier for the mainland about 100 kilometres away. With a population of about 1000, no reticulated electricity, no ATM machine, no street lights and one pub, this is a wildly beautiful place. It has a long history of farming, whaling and fishing, and the people who live here are a resilient lot, proud of their community. Midwifery and nursing on a remote island bring a wide range of dramas and emergencies, and here Adele and Leonie share the islanders' stories - sometimes tragic, sometimes happy, sometimes funny - from over 30 years of challenging yet uplifting work.

ISBN: 9781877505843