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Midwives / a novel by Chris Bohjalian.

Summary:

The trial of a midwife in 1980s Vermont. Sybil Danforth, with several hundred deliveries to her name, claims the mother was dead when she opened her to save the baby. The prosecution claims the mother was alive and the operation was illegal. The story is narrated by Sybil's daughter, portraying the trial as another round in the persecution of midwives by the New England medical profession.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0517703963
  • ISBN: 9780517703960
  • ISBN: 0679771468
  • ISBN: 9780679771463
  • Physical Description: 312 pages ; 25 cm
  • Edition: 1st edition
  • Publisher: New York : Harmony Books, [1997]

Content descriptions

Target Audience Note:
1150L Lexile
Subject: Oprah's book club.
Trials > Fiction.
Midwifery > Fiction.
Midwives > Fiction.
Midwives.
Vermont > Fiction.
Genre: Medical fiction.
Legal fiction (Literature)

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  • 21 of 23 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Caswell County Public Library.

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Gunn Memorial Public Library F BOH (Text) 34621704562415 Adult Fiction Paperback Available -

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