Averil Mansfield

Averil Mansfield is a British author and pioneering surgeon who was one of the first women to reach the top of her profession in the UK. Her book and audiobook Life in Her Hands is a memoir of her remarkable career in vascular surgery, navigating the challenges of being a woman in a male-dominated field. Mansfield's writing is honest, inspiring and full of incredible stories from the operating theatre, and the audiobook is compelling listening for fans of medical memoir and trailblazing women.