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Midwife's Tale : A Novel by Gretchen Moran Laskas (2004, Trade Paperback)

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PublisherRandom House Publishing Group

ISBN-100385335547

ISBN-139780385335546

eBay Product ID (ePID)4429861

Product Key Features

Book TitleMidwife's Tale : a Novel

Number of Pages256 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicContemporary Women, Family Life, General, Literary

Publication Year2004

GenreFiction

AuthorGretchen Moran Laskas

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight8.3 Oz

Item Length8.2 in

Item Width5.5 in

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Dewey Edition21

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Synopsis"I come from a long line of midwives," narrates Elizabeth Whitely. "I was expected to follow Mama, follow Granny, follow Great-granny. In the end, I didn't disappoint them. Or perhaps I did. After all, there were no more midwives after me."For generations, the women in Elizabeth's family have brought life to Kettle Valley, West Virginia, heeding a destiny to tend its women with herbals, experience, and wisdom. But Elizabeth, who has comforted so many, has lost her heart to the one man who cannot reciprocate, even when she moves into his home to share his bed and raise his child. Then Lauren Denniker, Elizabeth's adopted daughter, begins to display a miraculous gift--just as Elizabeth learns that she herself is unable to have a child. How Elizabeth comes to free herself from a loveless relationship, grapple with Lauren's astonishing abilities, and come to terms with her own emptiness is the compelling heart of this remarkable tale. Incorporating the spirited mountain mythology of prewar Appalachia, Gretchen Laskas has crafted a story as true to our time as its own, and a cast of characters as poignant as they are entirely original.