Rate this book

Twelve Babies On A Bike (2010)

by Dot May Dunn(Favorite Author)

4.03 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

1409120104 (ISBN13: 9781409120100)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

Orion Publishing

review 1: I enjoyed this book. It's based on her diaries, so it does read a little dis-jointedly at first, but once you get used to the style it's OK. You need to remember this is a true life story, not fiction. So not everything has a neat, happy ending, whether it's the stories of her paitents, or her own personal life. Some of her personal life is unhappy, and sometimes you wish certain people were nicer or more sympathetic, but this is a real life account, and its very realistic, it really does happen that way. The tales of her paitents are quite fast-paced, due to the diary style, and most are far from straight-forward! Dorothy needs 12 cases to pass her midwife exams, but babies do not arrive to any timetable but their own - so will she get 12 in time, and will they be straigh... moret-forward cases??!From visiting slum houses, to brothels, from over anxious fathers filling the room with steam, in order to make sure enough hot water is available, and the midwife falling under the bed while trying to make a delivery - nothing goes to plan as Dorothy tries to take care of her paitents! But she delivers unexpected twins to a delighted, vouluble Italian family, and saves the life of more than one paitent by spotting trouble in time, so despite her mistakes she makes good progress. A fascinating, true-life read.
review 2: Basically the diary of Dorothy Compton who was a pupil midwife and sent on district to live with a midwife and deliver and follow up her her deliveries as part of her finals.She had 12 babies minimum to deliver and follow up their care .It was 1956 so her mode of transport was a bicycle and phones were few and far between and most women still had their babies at home.Not Call the Midwife standard but an interesting enough read . less

Download links for: Twelve Babies on a Bike

Advertising