Sue Williams Under Her Skin (Paperback)

Description: Further DetailsTitle: Under Her SkinCondition: NewSubtitle: The life and work of Professor Fiona Wood AM, National Living TreasureISBN-10: 1761066919EAN: 9781761066917ISBN: 9781761066917Publisher: Allen & UnwinFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 10/05/2022Description: When three bombs tore out the heart of Bali and destroyed so many Australian lives in 2002, burns surgeon Professor Fiona Wood and her team were there to help. A pioneer in the field of burns and reconstructive surgery, Fiona made world headlines with the use of her groundbreaking invention of 'spray-on skin' to help minimise her patients' terrible scarring.Fiona was later made Australian of the Year, voted Australia's Most Trusted Person for an unprecedented six years running in the annual Reader's Digest poll and acclaimed as a 'National Living Treasure'.This is the story of her extraordinary life. Against all the odds, Fiona, the daughter of a fifth-generation coalminer in the north of England, became one of Australia's most innovative, respected and dedicated surgeons and researchers. She talks candidly of the moving valour of her burns patients, and the heartbreak, triumph, tears and controversies that have stalked her stellar career.Remarkably, she has achieved all of this while raising six children.In Under Her Skin, Sue Williams, a bestselling author and award-winning journalist who has written a number of biographies - most notably about Father Chris Riley, Father Bob Maguire and Dr Catherine Hamlin - presents a searingly honest, no-holds-barred account of all aspects of Fiona Wood's remarkable life.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: AUItem Height: 234mmItem Length: 156mmAuthor: Sue WilliamsGenre: BiographyItem Width: 29mmItem Weight: 500gRelease Year: 2022 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

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