Michele Moore

Caroline de Costa

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Is Cloning people is wrong. It’s forbidden by law. No responsible scientist would dream of trying it … or would they? In this fictional but frank account of Sydney’s medical profession, Caroline de Costa explores the possibilities, risks and implications of human reproductive cloning, with the reminder that though the techniques may currently be banned, the technology to develop human cloning is already right here — in a lab not far from you.

An allegory

The Clone Kid

It seems a perfect beach in tropical north Queensland, yet a sign marks the site where fifteen Aboriginal people were massacred more than a century before. Then on a sunny morning in 2002 the body of a young Aboriginal woman washes up on the sand. Accident … or murder? Close by lives Cairns forensic pathologist Leah Rookwood, on the island handed down through four generations of Rookwoods. As Leah’s colleague Detective Leslie Fernando investigates the modern- day death, Leah discovers some dubious history in her own family. Are the distant events and the current tragedy linked?

Hidden Lives

Funny and poignant stories from the labour ward and from the frontline of campaigns for women's reproductive rights, from Australia's best known obstetrician. 'We never train women in Sydney,' Caroline de Costa was told in 1974 when she applied to become a junior registrar in obstetrics and gynaecology. She and her husband packed their bags and their children, and headed for Dublin. When Caroline first started in medicine, being an unmarried mother was frowned on, cane toads were used for pregnancy tests, and giving birth was much riskier than it is today. Her funny and poignant stories of bringing babies into the world show that, while much has changed, women still work hard and it remains a bloody business. A birth plan is no guarantee of a normal birth (whatever that is). Men have always wanted to control women's bodies, and Caroline has been instrumental in giving Australian women of all backgrounds the opportunity to resist, and to choose when and how they have babies. Her behind-the-scenes stories reveal it's often the little things that win a campaign. 'An enthralling and at times eye-popping ride through her brilliant career as an obstetrician and fierce advocate for women's reproductive freedom.' - Anne Summers 'Caroline de Costa has lived an exciting and unusual life, is a brilliant doctor, a fierce and trailblazing feminist and now reveals herself as a gripping and evocative writer!' - Jane Caro

True stories from my five decades delivering babies and making history

The Women's Doc

Et si à l'approche de la mort de votre fils, vous décidiez de le cloner ? Quand le Dr Malcom Gledhill est appelé au chevet de son fils Simon mourant, il prend une décision qui va bouleverser l’histoire de l’humanité, une décision qui va conduire à la naissance de son second fils, Stephen : il prélève l’ADN de Simon et le clone... Un roman de science-fiction rythmé inspiré des nouvelles technologies génétiques A PROPOS DE L'AUTEUR Caroline de Costa est gynécologue obstétricienne et professeur de gynécologie à la Faculté de médecine James Cook en Australie. Elle a publié de nombreux travaux sur l’histoire de la gynécologie et, aux Éditions Glyphe, Sarah Bernhardt et Le Docteur Pozzi. EXTRAIT Au volant de sa nouvelle Honda Prelude, Simon Gledhill roulait sur Mona Vale Road en trépidant au rythme de la dance music. Une cassette compilée avec talent par son pote Shane, qui la lui avait donnée l’après-midi même. Un amas de sons sourds sur une ligne de basse puissante, et des dubba, dubba, dubba ! dubba dubba dubba ! entrecoupés parfois d’un profond gémissement électronique et de ronronnements aigus et voluptueux. Le son se déversait sur les autres conducteurs et sur les habitants de la North Shore, tandis que le soleil de fin d’après-midi dardait ses rayons à travers le toit ouvrant du coupé cerise aux finitions argentées. C’était un jeudi, le 4 décembre. Simon avait terminé ses examens de fin d’année dix jours avant, exactement. Depuis, il sortait tous les soirs et allait presque tous les jours à la plage.

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