The birth house.
The birth house.
By
:
McKay, Ami, 1968-
Publication Date
:
2006
Subject Term
:
Midwives -- Fiction.
Canadian fiction.
Genre
:
Historical fiction.
Summary
:
This is the story of Dora Rare, the first female to be born in five generations of Rares. As a child in a small village in Nova Scotia, she is befriended by Miss Babineau, an outspoken Acadian midwife with a talent for telling tales and a kitchen filled with herbs and folk remedies. Dora becomes her apprentice at the outset of World War I. Together they help the women of Scots Bay through infertility, difficult labour, breech births, unwanted pregnancies and even unfulfilling marriages. When Gilbert Thomas, a brash medical doctor comes to Scots Bay with promises of sterile, painless childbirth, some of the women begin to question Miss Babineau's methods. After her death, Dr. Thomas doubles his efforts to eliminate midwifery in the area. He sets out to undermine Dora's credibility by blaming her for the death of Mrs. Experience Ketch, a woman who had once sought Dora's care.
Language
:
English
ISBN
:
9780676977721
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