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Lily Forbes

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Born in Malaysia in 1946, Lily Forbes grew up in Colonial Malaysia as the middle child of a large family. Her adolescent years were spent in Pondicherry, South India. In 1969 she realised her childhood dream of coming to England. She qualified as a General nurse than as a midwife in 1974 and later in 1991 trained as a Sick Children’s Nurse at Great Ormond Street Hospital where she had the privilege of meeting princess Diana. At the age of fifty- two, in 1998, she obtained a Masters in Medical Anthropology at Brunel University. Since retiring from working at the Bristol Children’s hospital as a Clinical Co-Co-coordinator she has pursued other dreams, in particular her love of travel, by visiting Machu Picchu, the Galapagos, and Brazil amongs ...more

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Growing up under The Mango Tree

Hi Folks. Great News. My book has won the Multi-Cultural Non- Fiction category in the Annual National Indie Excellence Awards. www.indieexcellence.com

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