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The birth house [electronic resource] : a novel / by Ami Mckay.

McKay, Ami, 1968- (Author).

Summary:

Practicing midwife Dora Rare works in Scots Bay, Nova Scotia during the early part of the twentieth century, but the midwifery tradition is threatened when medical doctor Gilbert Thomas arrives with promises of fast, painless childbirth.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780307371447 (electronic bk.)
  • ISBN: 0307371441 (electronic bk.)
  • Physical Description: 1 online resource.
  • Publisher: Toronto : A.A. Knopf Canada, c2006.

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Source of Description Note:
Description based on print version record.
Subject: Midwives > Fiction.
Midwifery > Canada > Fiction.
Nova Scotia > Fiction.
Genre: Electronic books.

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AMI McKAY is the author of three bestselling novels—The Birth House, The Virgin Cure, and The Witches of New York—as well as the novella, Half Spent Was the Night. Her memoir, Before My Time (originally titled Daughter of Family G), was named a CBC Best Book of 2019. McKay is also a playwright, composer, and essayist. Her non-fiction work has appeared in Elle Canada, The Independent, Canadian Living, and Chatelaine. Born and raised in the Midwest, she now lives in Nova Scotia.


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