Andrea Dunlop

We ended up being able to talk about the appeal as well.

And, you know, what that court decided, it was quite a strong decision.

in favor of the hospital and basically said that the stuff regarding the doctor's actions and protective actions should never have even gone to trial.

Having known these these two doctors, is it a surprise to you the way they're currently being represented in the media?

Because if you were to look at the media coverage of these two doctors, you would think that they had had, you know, these very fraught.

careers where there'd been all these complaints about them and that they are committing, you know, malpractice of some kind and that they are extremely arrogant and don't listen to anyone else.

And I mean, that's the way they've both been portrayed.

Does that match up with the reality of what you know of these two doctors?

I have absolutely clocked some misogyny in the media coverage, and certainly in the comments, about both doctors.

Their supposed arrogance, their unwillingness to be challenged, even their hand gestures and facial expressions are presented as evidence that they're too powerful.

And it's not a huge leap to say that people frequently bristle at certain qualities in women that we might admire in men.

I love audiobooks for the same reason I love podcasts.

They can go everywhere with me, the car, the garden, on a walk.

And with The Mother Next Door, I got to bring all my worlds together as I narrate one of my own books for the very first time.

You can find The Mother Next Door wherever you get audiobooks.

Here's a snippet.

When the nurse who was administering the test briefly left the room, Hope turned to Amy and asked if she could take her daughter to the bathroom so that Sophia could have a meltdown.

It was bizarre.

Amy explained to Hope that she could not allow her to be alone with Sophia.

A short time later, the results of the sweat test came back.