The Bright Fabric of Life

'The Bright Fabric of Life is an uplifting tale with a focus on the life-changing connection between characters'

-- Sally McDonald * Sunday Post *

'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'

-- David Robinson * The Scotsman *

'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 *

'Collie brings us a story brimming with tenderness'

* Scots Magazine *

'This book will make readers laugh and cry, while also highlighting the plight of many women in Africa and offering insight into the psyche of a surgeon'

-- TAMZIN CUMING, President of UK Women in Surgery

'It is impossible not to be moved by this gravely beautiful book. Mhairi Collie has written a fine novel that will linger long in the mind – and in the heart of the reader'

-- Alexander McCall Smith

'A story that should be told. Mhairi Collie’s writing is full of compassion and thoughtfulness'

-- Kirsty Y