Skip to content
Scan a barcode
Scan
Hardcover Lovie: The Story of a Southern Midwife and an Unlikely Friendship Book

ISBN: 1469630052

ISBN13: 9781469630052

Lovie: The Story of a Southern Midwife and an Unlikely Friendship

(Part of the Documentary Arts and Culture Series)

Select Format

Select Condition ThriftBooks Help Icon

Recommended

Format: Hardcover

Condition: Good*

*Best Available: (ex-library)

$8.99
Save $25.96!
List Price $34.95
Almost Gone, Only 2 Left!

Book Overview

From 1950 to 2001, Lovie Beard Shelton practiced midwifery in eastern North Carolina homes, delivering some 4,000 babies to black, white, Mennonite, and hippie women; to those too poor to afford a hospital birth; and to a few rich enough to have any kind of delivery they pleased. Her life, which was about giving life, was conspicuously marked by loss, including the untimely death of her husband and the murder of her son.

Lovie is a provocative...

Customer Reviews

0 rating
Copyright © 2024 Thriftbooks.com Terms of Use | Privacy Policy | Do Not Sell/Share My Personal Information | Cookie Policy | Cookie Preferences | Accessibility Statement
ThriftBooks® and the ThriftBooks® logo are registered trademarks of Thrift Books Global, LLC
GoDaddy Verified and Secured