The reluctant midwife
By: Patricia Harman
Series: A Hope River novel
Publisher: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Published: 2015
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 409
ISBN-13: 9780062358240
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: Midwives; Fiction; Women radicals; Depressions
Description: The Great Depression has hit West Virginia hard. Men are out of work; women struggle to feed hungry children. Luckily, Nurse Becky Myers has returned to care for them. While she can handle most situations, Becky is still uneasy helping women deliver their babies. For these mothers-to-be, she relies on an experienced midwife, her dear friend Patience Murphy.
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