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Practicing midwife Dora Rare works in Scots Bay, Nova Scotia during the early part of the twentieth century, but the midwifery tradition is threatened when medical doctor Gilbert Thomas arrives with promises of fast, painless childbirth.
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The Birth House, Ami McKay
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- Released
- 2006
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- Title
- The Birth House
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Ami McKay
- Publisher
- Knopf Canada
- Released
- 2006
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 400
- ISBN10
- 0676977723
- ISBN13
- 9780676977721
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Romance, Historical Fiction, Family, Women, 20th century, Canada, Pregnancy, Brothers, Daughters, Childbirth, Boston, New England
- Original title
- The birth house
- Rating
- 4 out of 5
- Description
- Practicing midwife Dora Rare works in Scots Bay, Nova Scotia during the early part of the twentieth century, but the midwifery tradition is threatened when medical doctor Gilbert Thomas arrives with promises of fast, painless childbirth.