by Chris Bohjalian
I struggled through this book. It just wouldn't keep my attention. I found myself skimming all the filler and background information, to read only those passages that had to do with the birth/death and case. I've read some other reviews; one person compared it to To Kill A Mockingbird. I can see...
Midwives - Chris Bohjalian The blurb on the cover warned me that I would stay up late at night until the last page was turned and that was certainly true. The courtroom drama and powerful storytelling had me in its grasp until the very end. I loved it.
I absolutely loved this book. I had a hard time putting it down. I cried at times, and held my breath at others. The trial kept me on the edge of my seat until the end, never giving a hint to which way the trial would go.The characters were so well written that there were times I would forget that t...
This was a really good book. I wondered why it was written in the view of Connie but that was explained at the end. I like that each chapter started with an entry from Sibyl's journal so we could get to know her a bit also and see how she viewed the events.
This book was just a very disturbing story for me and one I will be thinking about for a while, just hope I don't have dreams about it.
I teetered between a 3 and a 4 on this one. It's not great literature and it certainly won't be every one's cup of tea. But for me it was both an entertaining and profound read. Those who fear this will be some 500 page defense of midwives and home births will be surprised. I certainly was. I a...
Midwife loses mom, saves infant.
Way too depressing for me!
Hard cases make bad law, but they make great reading. Bohjalian is mining in Picoult's fertile gold fields here, with a story about well-intentioned people and something going horribly wrong, resulting in a prosecution. Good reading for anyone who likes to ask "what would I do" of a novel's situatio...
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