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Midwives

A Novel
Pages
328
Published
1997
Language
English

Synopsis

On a freezing night in rural Vermont, midwife Sibyl Danforth performs an emergency C-section on what she believes is a dead patient — only to discover later that the woman may have survived. Told through her daughter's eyes, this tense medical drama follows Sibyl as she grapples with guilt and the truth of what happened.

How it reads

Prose complexity 4/10
Content warnings (2)
Pregnancy LossTrauma

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