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Author
Series
Midwives (Laurie Alice Eakes) volume 3
Publisher
Revell
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
English
Description
A young midwife in the Virginia mountains, Esther Cherrett, is pursued by two unlikely suitors and caught between feuding families until she discovers that her past is the key to unlock hearts, in a story of trust, deception, and bittersweet loss.
Author
Series
Midwives (Laurie Alice Eakes) volume 2
Publisher
Revell
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
"All Phoebe Lee wants out of life is to practice midwifery in Loudon County, Virginia. But when she refuses to accompany her pregant sister-in-law to help save her husband from prison during the War of 1812, Phoebe finds herself pressed aboard a British privateer."--P. [4] of cover.
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
An evocative tale based on the life of a controversial Victorian New York City midwife features plucky orphan Axie Muldoon, who recounts her apprenticeship and establishment of a thriving practice that is threatened by a censorious zealot.
Author
Language
English
Description
The story of the Dionne Quintuplets, the world's first identical quintuplets to survive birth, told from the perspective of a midwife in training who helps bring them into the world. Reluctant midwife Emma Trimpany is just 17 when she assists at the harrowing birth of the Dionne quintuplets: five tiny miracles born to French farmers in hardscrabble Northern Ontario in 1934. Emma cares for them through their perilous first days and when the government...
26) Change of heart
Author
Series
Keepsake pocket quilt novels volume 1
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
In 1899, after she is left at the altar, midwife Becca Yost flees her Amish community for the Englischer town of Massillon, Ohio, where she works with Doctor Matt Carrington, whose wealthy mother is determined to keep them apart.
Author
Series
Midwife mysteries volume 1
Publisher
St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
It is 1644, and Parliament's armies have risen against the king and laid siege to the city of York. Even as the city suffers at the rebel's hands, midwife Bridget Hodgson becomes embroiled in a different sort of rebellion.
29) Turning the tide
Author
Series
Publisher
Midnight Ink
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Quaker midwife Rose Carroll finds the body of a local suffrage organizer during the presidential election of 1888"--
Author
Publisher
Opossum Press
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
The Midwife's Revolt takes the reader on a journey to the founding days of America. It follows one woman's path, Lizzie Boylston, from her grieving days of widowhood after Bunker Hill, to her deepening friendship with Abigail Adams and midwifery, and finally to her dangerous work as a spy for the Cause. A novel rich in historical detail, The Midwife's Revolt opens a window onto the real lives of colonial women. "A charming, unexpected, and decidedly...
Author
Series
At home in Trinity volume 2
Publisher
Bethany House, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"In small-town Trinity, Pennsylvania, 1831, Martha Cade tries to balance the demands of her calling as a midwife, the delicacy of private information she learns in that role, and the hopes and expectations she has for her daughter and for herself"--
Author
Series
At home in Trinity volume 1
Publisher
Bethany House, A division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"In 1830s small-town Pennsylvania, midwife Martha Cade's world changes when she faces tense relationships, a new doctor in town whose arrival threatens her job, a town scandal, and an unexpected romance"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Detective Frank Malloy investigates after a wealthy businessman is murdered. The reason is that, like Malloy, the man has a deaf child, and she attends a rival school for the deaf. Soon, Malloy suspects that the killer may be affiliated with his son's school.
Author
Series
Wayne County series volume 1
Publisher
Harvest House Publishers
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Abigail, a young midwife, is sent to jail after a difficult delivery takes a devastating turn. Her sister, Catherine, comes to stay and help care for Abigail's children while Abigail's husband works the field. Catherine meets Isaiah, a deaf man thought to be simpleminded, and discovers that he possesses unexpected gifts and talents.
Author
Series
Hope River novels volume 3
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
When midwife Clara Perry's life takes a nosedive, she runs away to start over again in a place where no one knows her, or about the mess she's left behind in West Virginia. Heading to tiny, remote Seagull Island in Canada, Clara is ready for anything. Well, almost. -- Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"When a scoundrel is murdered, Sarah and Frank Malloy must find the real killer to stop a scandal that threatens to destroy a young family in this latest installment of the beloved Gaslight Mysteries. The next installment in the beloved Gaslight Mystery series by national bestselling author Victoria Thompson, set in 19th century New York City"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
©2005
Language
English
Description
Midwife Sarah Brandt is summoned to examine the teenage daughter of the affluent Lintons of Lenox Hill. When pregnancy is confirmed, the young woman denies that any man ever hurt her. Sarah enlists the help of her friend Sergeant Frank Molloy to discover who is responsible. The search becomes more urgent when a minister falls dead during a service, poisoned by cyanide-laced wine in his chalice.
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"In the years following the Civil War, Mariah Reddick, former slave to Carrie McGavock--the "Widow of the South"--has quietly built a new life for herself as a midwife to the women of Franklin, Tennessee. But when her ambitious, politically-minded grown son, Theopolis, is murdered, Mariah--no stranger to loss--finds her world once more breaking apart. How could this happen? Who wanted him dead? Mariah's journey to uncover the truth leads her to unexpected...
Author
Series
Hope River novels volume 2
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
The Great Depression has hit West Virginia hard. Men are out of work; women struggle to feed hungry children. Luckily, Nurse Becky Myers has returned to care for them. While she can handle most situations, Becky is still uneasy helping women deliver their babies. For these mothers-to-be, she relies on an experienced midwife, her dear friend Patience Murphy.
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