Martha Cade is a midwife in the town of Trinity in 1830s Pennsylvania. Recently reunited with her estranged 17-year-old daughter, Martha finds herself torn between guiding her child and allowing her to be an adult. And the town of Trinity itself if fraught with secrets: As a midwife, Martha knows which families are troubled, which wives are unhappy, and which husbands have crossed the line from discipline to abuse...As Martha struggles with the conflicts of being a mother, a midwife and a woman, she learns the greatest lesson of all - that hope can shine evening the darkest hours, and that faith has a way of making the impossible possible.
- ISBN10 0312270984
- ISBN13 9780312270988
- Publish Date 19 April 2003
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 13 December 2008
- Publish Country US
- Imprint St Martin's Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 352
- Language English