Given that this falls into a subgenre of literary women's fiction that I flippantly call the "gynecological novel", I enjoyed it far more than I expected to. A large part of that is due to the historical setting, around WW I, which gave both urgency and context to the fairly straightforward narrativ...
The Birth House, Ami McKay’s debut novel is about the struggle of a small fishing village in Nova Scotia trying to come to terms with the advances of modern medicine. Marie Babineau is an elderly Acadian midwife and trusted healer who has seen to the medical and spiritual needs of the village women ...
Mark this down as another book that I quite enjoyed, but didn't quite love. Something kept me a bit separated from the story, kept me from falling head over heels for the characters (although the "women from away" stole my heart quite a bit.) It felt at times like I could see the story engine grindi...
Wonderful story of the lives in a small town in Nova Scotia during the time just before, during, and after WWI. Love the references to the magical quality of plants and their uses. Dora Rare is a midwife who has learned her trade from a fiesty and warmhearted woman from Louisiana. She lives throu...
I am so bummed..this book started off so strong for me..I was eating it up I was loving it so much..then about half-way through it fizzled and I found myself forcing to read it...I am not disappointed I read it..just bummed at how it ended. I would still seek out books from this author though.
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