Bohjalian, Christopher A.
Summary: The trial of a midwife in 1980s Vermont. Sybil Danforth, with several hundred deliveries to her name, claims the mother was dead when she opened her to save the baby. The prosecution claims the mother was alive and the operation was illegal. The story is narrated by Sybil's daughter, portraying the trial as another round in the persecution of midwives by the New England medical profession.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harmony Books 1997
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Summary: In the pastoral community of Reddington, Vermont, during the harsh winter of 1981, Sibyl Danforth makes a life-or-death decision based on fifteen years of experience as a respected midwife--a decision intended to save a child, a decision that will change her life forever.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books 1998