In this breathtaking debut novel, Ami McKay has created an unforgettable portrait of the struggles that women have faced to control their own bodies and to keep the best parts of tradition alive in the world of modern medicine. The Birth House is the...
In this breathtaking debut novel, Ami McKay has created an unforgettable portrait of the struggles that women have faced to control their own bodies and to keep the best parts of tradition alive in the world of modern medicine. The Birth House is the story of Dora Rare--the first...
The Birth House is the story of Dora Rare, the first daughter to be born in five generations of Rares. As a child in an isolated village in Nova Scotia, she is drawn to Miss Babineau, an outspoken Acadian midwife with a gift for healing. Dora becomes Miss B.'s apprentice,...
Dora Rare n'est pas une jeune femme comme les autres. ? l'aube de l'?ge adulte, ses r?ves de mariage et de maternit? bifurquent lorsque M'ame B., l'accoucheuse de son village natal de Scots Bay, en Nouvelle-?cosse, lui enseigne les gestes et les rem?des qui feront d'elle une...