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Fiona Lowe talks about The
French Doctor's Midwife Bride (July '07)
The
original idea for this story hit me back in 1995 when I was pegging out nappies
for my first-born. It was special because it was the first book I ever
wrote. I loved the idea of an independent midwife who balanced her time between
community midwifery and hospital midwifery.
I loved Xavier and Charlie but the story wasn’t quite good enough so I
put it aside, waiting until I had the skills to tell their story.
I’m
thrilled to say that time has arrived. When I peeked into the lives of Xavier
and Charlie I asked them this question. “What if everything you ever believed
in suddenly changed?”
Xavier,
my deliciously gorgeous French doctor, with an accent that makes your knees go
weak, has just realized the women he thought he would spend his life with has
been using him to gain a career advantage. He’s
packed his bags and come to
Australia
to restart his life and he is determined to give all career-minded women a wide
berth.
Charlie
is a passionate midwife and believes that delivering babies and living in Amaroo
is all she needs to be happy.
Suddenly,
with Xavier’s arrival her independent midwifery program is under threat.
Set
in a fictitious town in southern
Australia
where the whales come each winter and give birth, Xavier and Charlie battle their
attraction for each other and eventually learn there is more to life than work
and yet work is a vital part of their life.
I hope you enjoy their story and meeting the wonderful people of Amaroo.
Luv
Fiona x
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