| The Midwife of Hope River Contributor(s): Harman, Patricia (Author) |
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ISBN: 0062198890 ISBN-13: 9780062198891 Publisher: William Morrow & Company OUR PRICE: $18.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Historical - General - Fiction | Family Life - General - Fiction | Medical |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2012010944 |
| Series: P.S. |
| Physical Information: 0.97" H x 5.49" W x 8" (0.66 lbs) 400 pages |
| Themes: - Demographic Orientation - Rural - Chronological Period - 1930's - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Cultural Region - Appalachians - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. - Geographic Orientation - West Virginia |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A remarkable new voice in American fiction enchants readers with a moving and uplifting novel that celebrates the miracle of life. In The Midwife of Hope River, first-time novelist Patricia Harmon transports us to poverty stricken Appalachia during the Great Depression years of the 1930s and introduces us to a truly unforgettable heroine. Patience Murphy, a midwife struggling against disease, poverty, and prejudice--and her own haunting past--is a strong and endearing character that fans of the books of Ami McKay and Diane Chamberlain will take into their hearts, as she courageously attempts to bring new light, and life, into an otherwise cruel world. |
Contributor Bio(s): Harman, Patricia: - Patricia Harman, CNM, got her start as a lay midwife on rural communes and went on to become a nurse-midwife on the faculties of Ohio State University, Case Western Reserve University, and West Virginia University. She is the author of two acclaimed memoirs and three novels: the bestselling The Midwife of Hope River, The Reluctant Midwife and The Runaway Midwife. She has three sons and lives near Morgantown, West Virginia. |