The Birth House (P.S.)

by Ami McKay

The Birth House is the story of Dora Rare, the first daughter to be born in five generations of Rares. As a child in an isolated village in Nova Scotia, she is drawn to Miss Babineau, an outspoken Acadian midwife with a gift for healing. Dora becomes Miss B.’s apprentice, and together they help the women of Scots Bay through infertility, difficult labours, breech births, unwanted pregnancies and even unfulfilling sex lives. Filled with details as compelling as they are surprising, The Birth House is an unforgettable tale of the struggles women have faced to have control of their own bodies and to keep the best parts of tradition alive in the world of modern medicine.

• ISBN10: 0676977731
• ISBN13: 9780676977738
• Publish Date: 6 March 2007 (first published 7 August 2006)
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: CA
• Imprint: Vintage Canada
• Format: Paperback (US Trade)
• Pages: 416
• Language: English
• URL: https://penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/isbn/9780676977738

Reviews

[Eve1972]

I am continuing on with the Canadian theme today with this fabulous novel I *just* finished! I am especially drawn to novels set in Canada and this one was just amazing. The author has a way with her writing that just pulls you in from the get go and weaves this wonderful spell making you forget you have to make dinner or do the laundry. LOL A very well written, poignant and empowering look at the battles women had for the rights over their own bodies