Midwives, by Chris Bohjalian
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Midwives, by Chris Bohjalian
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eng
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no index present
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1150L, Lexile
Literary form
fiction
Main title
Midwives
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34839705
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by Chris Bohjalian
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Accelerated Reader, UG, 7.2, 19, 19, 24979
Summary
On an icy winter night in an isolated house in rural Vermont, a seasoned midwife named Sibyl Danforth takes desperate measures to save a babys life. She performs an emergency cesarean section on a mother she believes has died of stroke. But what ifas Sibyl's assistant later chargesthe patient wasn't already dead? The ensuing trial bears the earmarks of a witch hunt, forcing Sibyl to face the antagonism of the law, the hostility of traditional doctors, and the accusations of her own conscience. Exploring the complex and emotional decisions surrounding childbirth, Midwives engages, moves, and transfixes us as only the very best novels ever do
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