Talking about My Baby: The Midwives

First off, yes, this is one of those books about midwives. And second, Tara is a product of the Marcus-Walcott clan, who have managed to redefine "dysfunctional" in various other Margot Early stories. And Tara's cause, which plays a big role here, is that midwives shouldn't have to be liscensed. The baby actually has a fairly minor role, and you get the feeling that Early would've done without her if she could've.HOWEVER,the story is saved by our hero, Isaac McCrea, pragmatic doctor, terrible housekeeper, and rather lapsed Quaker, and father of three marvelous kids by his late Rwandan wife. Isaac's insights into what it means to be married are a major point in this book's favor.One important note: a disturbing scene occurs when Tara, once again jailed for her stance on liscensing, is nearly sexually assaulted by another woman. This is not so much a spoiler as a heads-up: the passage will be extremely difficult for anyone who's done time, waited as a relative did time, or suffered such assault.

Powerful emotional trauma has been experienced by both parties - Dr. Isaac McCrea and Tara Marcus.Dr. McCrea from his stint in Africa in losing his wife, Heloise, and her family.Tara Marcus from a stint in Chile and Mexico before coming to the Texas border town. Due to the knowledge of her infertility [which apparently she did not tell her mother] she decided to keep Julia's baby when Julia asked her to and then left the baby in her car.M. Early writes a powerful story but for some reason I couldn't get any feeling for the passion that supposedly existed between Isaac and Tara. She has a deep love for the children but has so much emotional baggage she seems unreal.And yet the characters are very real with their problems - I love the children and their interaction - but the reasons for sex just didn't jell.It seems like Tara and her mother just can't face their problems and don't even want to acknowledge them. What was it with Tara that she didn't want to become certified?? She was naking it hard on everyone -- she seems to be one of the people that make their own hell on earth.Still a wonderful story - a bit touchy to read in coming to an understanding of her motives -- very strange.HIGHLY RECOMMENDED --M - a bit iffy if you want to keep it to read again.

A woman finds an abandoned baby and wants to keep the child she's saved. But being single won't cut it with the adoption agency. So..she finds hope in a recently widowed doctor who happens to have 3 kids of his own...As a romance, terrific.As a statement about our adoption laws---powerful.If you're a MARGOT EARLY fan, this story is certain to please. Tight writting, real 3-D characters, and a little passion and funin just the right places!

Margot Early is writing great books in a mediocre genre - category romance. She is edgy and real, and these books are not for everyone who wants a love 'em, leave 'em, love 'em again romance. This is about human flaws and loving someone through them. She's great. All her books are.

In a Sagrado, Texas birth center, midwife Tara Marcus assists patient Julia, a Mexican who swears she has seen an owl, a symbol of pending death. Julia pleads with Tara to protect her newborn. Tara knows the young woman is lying but agrees to help. Though experienced with third world birthing mores because of her stay in Chile and even here on the border, Tara is stunned to find the newborn Laura Estrella inside her car. The passionate Tara decides to keep the baby as hers. A few weeks later, she heads to the home of her mother in Precipice, Colorado. Tara realizes that she needs to adopt Laura if she is to keep the child. Her actions would already be looked at as suspect and midwives are not highly regarded among the establishment. She proposes a marriage of convenience to Dr. Isaac McCrea, a single father of three children ranging in age from five to thirteen, who has worked in Rwanda. She will watch over their four kids if he will help her gain custody of Laura. He thinks she is crazy and fears his brother likes her, but cannot stop falling in love with Tara and her precious charge. She shockingly reciprocates. TALKING ABOUT MY BABY, the second novel in Margot Early's "Midwives" series, is a warm relationship tale. The story line is entertaining, but as is the case in a Ms. Early novel, the fully developed characters make the story so much fun to read. The appearance of Tara's mother and references to Tara's sister Ivy, (see YOU WERE ON MY MIND) add a homecoming feel to the wonderful story. Readers will impatiently wait for the December release of the third tale, THERE IS A SEASON, starring Tara's parents.Harriet Klausner