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The Birth House

By Ami Mckay

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The Birth House

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In this breathtaking debut novel, Ami McKay has created an unforgettable portrait of the struggles that women have faced to control their own bodies and to keep the best parts of tradition alive in the world of modern medicine. 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 even 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. Dora soon finds herself fighting to protect the rights of women as well as the wisdom that has been put into her care. A tale of tradition and science, matriarchy and paternalism, past and future, The Birth House is "a dazzling first novel." (Library Journal), and a story more timely than ever.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
416
Release Date:
2007-10-01
Publication Date:
2007-10-09
Publisher:
Harper Perennial
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0061135879
ISBN13:
9780061135873
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
522 g
Height:
133 cm
Width:
203 cm
Thickness:
25 cm
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