{"product_id":"healing-lives-1","title":"Healing Lives","description":"\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\"\u003eTwo incredible women, an unlikely friendship, and a united mission to save the lives of some of the world's poorest and most desperate women.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHealing Lives\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e reveals the untold tale of Mamitu Gashe, Dr Catherine Hamlin's protégée, and the inspiring almost 60-year friendship between the two women.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn 1962, three years after doctors Catherine and Reg Hamlin arrived in Ethiopia, an illiterate peasant girl sought their aid. Mamitu Gashe was close to death and horrifically injured during childbirth after an arranged marriage - at the age of just fourteen to a man she'd never met - in a remote mountain village.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Hamlins' Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital saved her and, in return, Mamitu dedicated her life to Catherine's mission. Under the iconic doctor's guidance, Mamitu went from mopping floors and comforting her fellow patients, to becoming one of the most acclaimed fistula surgeons in the world, despite never having had a day's schooling.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the moving story of the friendship that saved the lives of over 60,000 of the poorest women on earth.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sue Williams","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42721672364201,"sku":"9781760982034","price":7.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0424\/9518\/0962\/products\/healing-lives_66c05d0b-5c5f-488d-97f1-b9d9a099e88a.jpg?v=1667617734","url":"https:\/\/roseyravelstonbooks.com.au\/products\/healing-lives-1","provider":"RoseyRavelston Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}