An incredible book, for me it raised awareness of the struggles of women across the world who are pregnant. You describe cultures and healthcare so very different to ours but then in doing so you give these women who died a voice, immortalised those, who would otherwise have died leaving no trace, as dust. I experience her writing as completely authentic - she has seen things that many of us will only ever hear or read about - but she maintains respect and compassion for the women and girls whose lives are made even more precarious as a result of senseless conflicts. Thank you Anna Kent for writing your story and making us aware that we are a long way from getting status for women around the world. The horrors at work continue for Anna on a daily basis, though she has a network of friends, mostly those she has worked with previously to talk to.

I also learnt a lot about the work of MSF (Médecin sans frontières) and am in awe of the men and women from all over the world who give a piece of their hearts and minds to try and relieve the suffering and shocking conditions of others. This is at once an astonishing story of the realities of frontline humanitarian work, and a powerful reminder of the critical, life-giving work of nurses and doctors at home and around the world.

As a student midwife aspiring to partake in humanitarian aid further down in my career, this book was life changing! The author really bears her soul, and I imagine that writing this book must be quite must’ve been quite cathartic . Later, she would be responsible for the female health of 30,000 stateless Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh. A sensationally powerful account of humanitarian aid work, the amazing people working in the field and attending patients, and the life-giving work of the medical profession both at home and overseas. Then I read the blurb, realised it was something totally different but ended up wanting to read even more.

During her time as a nurse she witnessed one woman who had walked for nine days to reach the centre where Anna was based – having no access to a midwife closer to where she lived – and Anna said she was at a dangerous point in labour. For Anna's tale is a very personal one, and I don't want to share too much here in case you want to read it. This is a very compulsive read but not light in any way-readers should be aware that the honesty and very fitting use of graphic language makes a range of trauma experiences (miscarriage, abuse, war included) feel real at a visceral level. She speaks of the coping and/or destructive ways in which she and others around her use to get through these experiences. As a midwife myself, I was completely caught-up in the narrative but its also a coming of age tale, sometimes heartbreaking, sometimes inspiring and always fascinating.I get the life moves swiftly on until somebody tosses a rock right in to the foundation of your good innocent time. Frontline Midwife is an account of Anna Kent's time as a midwife in South Sudan, Bangladesh and the UK. Her accounts are not for the faint hearted, and there are very graphic descriptions of what happens when things go wrong. An absolute must read - a story and a life that will live in your heart long after the final chapter! These terrible tales are not easy to shake off, and I am acutely aware that I am only reading about them.

It’s empowering and refreshing to read an account about birth written by a woman, a mother and a midwife. However bad it is here it’s infinitely better than some folks have it so the next time somebody feels like a good whinge about life in general this is a book I’d recommend they read.

People in the UK still think too little about other’s suffering and think there’s nothing wrong out there just because they have all they need. I have read books about controlling and coercive behaviour and books about guilt transference or guilt by proxy or whatever phrase you want to use. For me it resulted in a very important but hard to swallow book, and some serious reflection on my career goals. I couldnt put this book down, and was absolutely glued to the couch immeresed in her stories, life of service, and her own journey to motherhood.

I can tell that Anna put a lot of thought into telling them in a dignified way and used detail when it was necessary.Angry at the ongoing horrific loss of life and the disability causes by a lack of midwifery care and basics such as clean water, sanitation, food and immunisations. The 41-year-old mother-of-one who now lives in Weymouth, Dorset, said: "Everyone deserves access to healthcare no matter where they are. Should they choose to have children, childbirth should be one of the most liberating and empowering moments of a woman's life. Although it's a stark read, Frontline Midwife is totally absorbing because Kent holds nothing back, including about her own tragic experiences of miscarriage and loss.