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The birth house

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By McKay, Ami

Publishers Summary:
The first daughter in five generations of her Nova Scotia family, Dora Rare becomes an apprentice to a gifted midwife and storyteller before their home is threatened by the arrival of a brash medical doctor who promises sterile and painless births.

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ISBN
978-0-06113-585-9
Publisher
New York : William Morrow, c2006.


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Library Journal

Reviewed on September 15, 2006

In this dazzling first novel, McKay takes her readers to an isolated rural community in Nova Scotia, where the men fish and log, and the women do everything in between. At 17, Dara Rare is taken under the wing of the aged midwife, Acadian Marie Babineau. Dara loves Marie fiercely and learns her wisdom and craft accordingly. Althoug...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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