Title: The midwife's revolt
Description: On a dark night in 1775, Lizzie Boylston is awakened by the sound of cannons. From a hill south of Boston, she watches as fires burn in Charlestown, in a battle that she soon discovers has claimed her husband's life. Alone in a new town. Soon, word spreads of Lizzie's extraordinary midwifery and healing skills, and she begins to channel her grief into caring for those who need her.
Subjects: Midwives, Women, Fiction, Widows, History, Widows, fiction, Boston (mass.), fiction, Fiction, general
Places: United States
Time periods: 18th century