The birth of love
Subtitle: a novel
By: Joanna Kavenna
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Metropolitan Books
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780805091540
Description: In Vienna, 1865, a phyisican is ridiculed for his claim that unwashed doctor's hands are the cause of childhood fever. In present day London, a young woman plans for a home birth, unprepared for the trials she is about to endure. Somewhere in 2153, when humans are birthed and raised in breeding farms, a woman is on trial for concealing a pregnancy.--from publisher's description.