num_pages: 312
description: Set in a small rural community in Vermont, this is the story of Sibyl Danforth, a respected midwife who is accused of murder after she performs a caesarian section on a mother in her care, whom she believes to have died of a stroke during a long and difficult labour. Now she is on trial.
language: English
title: Midwives
titlecomplete: Midwives
characters: Sybil Danforth, Connie Danforth
genres: Literary Fiction, Novels, Book Club, Adult, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Chick Lit, Adult Fiction, Contemporary, Mystery
ratings_count: 158521
places: Vermont
publisher: Random House