The Birth House
Nova scotia, fiction
Midwives
Midwifery
Childbirth
Historical fiction
Drama
Fiction, historical, general
New York Times bestseller
Fiction
An arresting portrait of the struggles that women faced for control of their own bodies, The Birth House is the story of Dora Rare—the first daughter in five generations of Rares.As apprentice to the outspoken Acadian midwife Miss Babineau, Dora learns to assist the women of an isolated Nova Scotian…
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