num_pages: 208
description: A gripping first-hand account of midwife Penny Armstrong’s journey from student midwife in Glasgow to running her own practice among the Amish in rural Pennsylvania, A Midwife’s Story never fails to enlighten, inform and surprise.Going far beyond mere biography, Armstrong’s journey of self-discovery is ultimately very moving, and it is the honesty with which she describes the world she discovers which makes this book a classic, and essential reading not just for aspiring midwives but to anyone interested in natural birth.
language: English
title: A Midwife's Story
titlecomplete: A Midwife's Story
genres: Biography, Health, Medical, Nonfiction, Autobiography, History, Amish, Memoir, Nursing, Biography Memoir
ratings_count: 2220
publisher: Pinter & Martin Ltd