![]() ![]() Just beginning, she takes on the jobs no one else wants: those most in need-and least likely to pay. A remarkable new voice in American fiction, creates an uplifting novel that celebrates the miracle of life.Ī debut novel featuring Patience Murphy, an Appalachian midwife in the 1930s struggling against disease, poverty, and prejudices-and her own haunting past-to bring new light, and life, into an otherwise cruel worldĪs a midwife working in the hardscrabble conditions of Appalachia during the Depression, Patience Murphy's only solace is her gift: the chance to escort mothers through the challenges of childbirth. ![]()
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