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Ruthlessly ambitious Olivia, anxious perfectionist Laura, and free-spirited risk-taker Anjali couldn’t be more different. Yet their friendship—which began the first day of medical school—has kept them inseparable these past twenty-five years. As wild all-nighters and exam pressure gave way to the struggles and joys of new motherhood and new jobs, their unbreakable bond helped them support each other through it all.

Recorded in front of a live audience at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, this fantastic anthology features a host of diverse short stories, composed and performed by a veritable Who's Who of stand-up comedians. By turns hilarious and irreverent, poignant and bittersweet, together they make up a superb selection box of tasty treats.

Blessing and her brother Ezikiel adore their larger-than-life father, their glamorous mother and their comfortable life in Lagos. But all that changes when their father leaves them for another woman. Their mother is fired from her job at the Royal Imperial Hotel - only married women can work there - and soon they have to quit their air-conditioned apartment to go and live with their grandparents in a compound in the Niger Delta.

Hjertet på rette sted er en gribende, smuk og samtidig underholdende fortælling om en sygeplejerskes kamp for at forblive menneskelig i et presset sundhedsvæsen. Christie Watson har arbejdet som sygeplejerske i 20 år. Hun har tidligere udgivet en række anmelderoste romaner, men denne bog er hendes personlige fortælling fra hendes virke som sygeplejerske: Om være tilstede i livets allermest intense øjeblikket, både ved dets begyndelse og dets afslutning. Hendes fortælling er en vigtig påmindelse om at værne om de kerneværdier, der ligger i sygeplejefaget: omsorg, pleje og medmenneskelighed.