A review by monarchgirl
The Facemaker: A Visionary Surgeon's Battle to Mend the Disfigured Soldiers of World War I by Lindsey Fitzharris

informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

This was really good. Highlighting the work of Harold Gillies one of the first plastic surgeons who was one of the first surgeons to look at how to reconstruct faces that had been mutilated beyond recognition this book was engaging and thought provoking especially around the time of rememberance. This book loses none of its impact from being listened to rather than physically read and I have developed an interest in this field of medical and military history so will be reading/listening to more books with this field of history.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, and Medical content

Due to the nature of the book in the accompanying material with this audiobook there are pictures of graphic injuries caused during war.