The birth house
Subtitle: a novel
By: by Ami Mckay
Edition: 1st U.S. ed.
Publisher: William Morrow
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 385
ISBN-13: 9780061135859
Subjects: Midwifery; Fiction
Description: The first daughter in five generations of her Nova Scotia family, Dora Rare becomes an apprentice to a gifted midwife and storyteller before their home is threatened by the arrival of a brash medical doctor who promises sterile and painless births.