A friend recommended this book and I'm so glad that I read it. It is one of those books that will live with me for a long time. It is also one of those books that makes you feel like you have read it before. Maybe it is because the theme of birth is such a universal one. It reminded me of my birt...
The Midwife of Hope River by Patricia Harman follows Patience as an inexperienced midwife to being accepted as a part of the community she was living in. Several reviewers thought the main character was either naïve or a little too hard to believe. I didn't feel that way at all. When the author d...
I mean no disrespect toward Patricia Harman but for me her memoir is off putting. Yes it is frank, interesting in parts and she is certainly honest. I am in the same age group and lived through the flower child culture perhaps that colors my perspective. I did not need to know 50 times over that ...
I enjoyed this book a lot. I guess I expected it to be different in a way and talk more about midwifery in the delivery of babies rather than simply her practice, but it was interesting all the same. I read a bit of the book then had a few days in between my next reading and found I had to look b...
It’s hard to tell if the pupils are constricted. “Not so good.” The thin smile fades. “First of all, Jimmy and I broke up. I know we have before, but this is for real. I’m serious. For real. I took all my stuff and the baby’s stuff too, and moved home. Now he has chlamydia, and I’m afraid I might...
It worries me that my only source of income will dry up, and I’m sure it’s a sign of the worsening economy. If it weren’t for Peaches Goody’s delivery, we’d really be strapped. Even Willa has stopped needing my services, probably because her husband has been laid off and is home with his truck. D...