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The birth house

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An edition of The Birth House (2006)

The birth house

a novel

1st U.S. ed.

by

  • 8 Want to read
  • 2 Currently reading
  • 1 Have read

The first daughter in five generations of her Nova Scotia family, Dora Rare becomes an apprentice to a gifted midwife and storyteller before their home is threatened by the arrival of a brash medical doctor who promises sterile and painless births.

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Publisher
William Morrow
Language
English
Pages
385

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Subjects

Drama, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Midwives, Midwifery, Childbirth, nyt:e-book-fiction=2013-06-30, New York Times bestseller, Fiction, historical, general, Nova scotia, fiction, Midwives, fiction

People

Ami McKay (1968-)

Places

Nova Scotia

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Edition Availability
Cover of: The Birth House
The Birth House: A Novel (P.S.)
October 1, 2007, Harper Perennial
Paperback in English
Cover of: The birth house
The birth house: a novel
2007, Vintage Canada
in English - Vintage Canada ed.
Cover of: The Birth House
The Birth House: A Novel
August 22, 2006, William Morrow
in English
Cover of: The birth house
The birth house: a novel
2006, William Morrow
in English - 1st U.S. ed.
Cover of: The Birth House
The Birth House: a novel
Publish date unknown, William Morrow

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New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
823/.92, 813/.6
Library of Congress
PR9199.4.M4288 B57 2006

The Physical Object

Pagination
385 p. ;
Number of pages
385

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL24763851M
ISBN 10
0061135852
ISBN 13
9780061135859
LCCN
2007270892
OCLC/WorldCat
70919973

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL278051W

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Work Description

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 village through infertility, difficult labors, breech births, unwanted pregnancies, and unfulfilling sex lives. During the turbulent World War I era, uncertainty and upheaval accompany the arrival of a brash new medical doctor and his promises of progress and fast, painless childbirth. In a clash between tradition and science, Dora finds herself fighting to protect the rights of women as well as the wisdom that has been put into her care.

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