Hepworth, Sally
Summary: "Neva Bradley, a third-generation midwife, is determined to keep the details surrounding her own pregnancy, including the identity of the baby's father, hidden from her family and coworkers for as long as possible. Her mother Grace finds it impossible to let this secret rest. The more Grace prods, the tighter Neva holds to her story, and the more the lifelong differences between private, quiet...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Hepworth 2015Harman, Patricia
Summary: Though the Great Depression is behind the them, troubles are not, for Europe is at war. It is only be a matter of time before the U.S. enters the fray. In the town of Hope River, midwife Patience Hester's husband, Daniel has vowed never to take up arms again; he saw too much bloodshed during the First World War. When he is imprisoned for his beliefs, Patience and their four children are left...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HARCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC HARCopies Available at Kingsley
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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Harman 2018Hamilton, Masha.
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Publisher / Publication Date: BlueHen Books 2001
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HAMHepworth, Sally.
Summary: "Neva Bradley, a third-generation midwife, is determined to keep the details surrounding her own pregnancy--including the identity of the baby's father--hidden from her family and coworkers for as long as possible. Her mother Grace finds it impossible to let this secret rest. The more Grace prods, the tighter Neva holds to her story, and the more the lifelong differences between private, quiet...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HEPCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FICTION HEPParr, Delia.
Summary: A novel of family, faith, and hope follows Martha Cade, a midwife in a small Pennsylvania town called Trinity, whose existence is shattered by the mysterious departure of her daughter.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2002
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PARGarlock, Dorothy.
Summary: A source of strength for her neighbors and friends, midwife Rachel Watkins finds herself intensely drawn to a disfigured veteran who does odd jobs around the house, an enigmatic stranger who seems so mysterious yet so familiar.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Pub. 2010
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GARParr, Delia.
Summary: Midwife Martha Cade has decided. When he returns in February, she is going to marry Mayor Thomas Dillon. That is the only decision in life in which she feels confident these days. Everything else around her feels like it's changing too fast, from her daughter's obvious affection for the town's young doctor to Martha realizing she's ready to pass on her role as midwife to someone younger.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction Parr 2016Laskas, Gretchen Moran.
Summary: Serving as midwives to the residents of a small mining town in prewar Appalachia, Elizabeth and her mother share in the intimate details of the lives of every family in the region, but none of their neighbors know their own secrets and desires.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Press 2003
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LASSee, Lisa
Summary: "According to Confucius, "an educated woman is a worthless woman," but Tan Yunxian--born into an elite family, yet haunted by death, separations, and loneliness--is being raised by her grandparents to be of use. Her grandmother is one of only a handful of female doctors in China, and she teaches Yunxian the pillars of Chinese medicine, the Four Examinations--looking, listening, touching, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2023
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Manning, Kate.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2013
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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Manning 2013Parr, Delia.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2003