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Ami McKay

The Birth House

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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 daughter in five generations of Rares. As apprentice to the outspoken Acadian midwife Miss Babineau, Dora learns to assist the women of an isolated Nova Scotian village through infertility, difficult labors, breech births, unwanted pregnancies, and even unfulfilling sex lives. During the turbulent World War I era, uncertainty and upheaval accompany the arrival of a brash new medical doctor and his promises of progress and fast, painless childbirth. Dora soon finds herself fighting to protect the rights of women as well as the wisdom that has been put into her care.
A tale of tradition and science, matriarchy and paternalism, past and future, The Birth House is “a dazzling first novel.” (Library Journal), and a story more timely than ever.
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382 printed pages
Original publication
2009
Publication year
2009
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  • Mandy Masonshared an impression7 years ago
    👍Worth reading
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    This was an amazing book!! I loved every page and every minute I spent reading it! I recommend that every woman read it, whether she is a mother or not!

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    the churning tides of Fundy
  • Daeho Kimhas quoted6 years ago
    started. Our little village, perched on the crook of God’s finger, has always been ruled by storm and season. The men did whatever they had to do to get by. They joked with one another in fire-warmed kitchens after sunset, smoking their pipes, some

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