Midwives
by Bohjalian, Chris
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0517703963
- ISBN 13
- 9780517703960
- Seller
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Concord, California, United States
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About This Item
Harmony, NY, 1997. Paperback. Very Good. Softcover, octavo, VG in beige pictorial wraps. Oprah Book Club choice. Superbly crafted--on an icy winter night in an isolated house in rural Vermont, a seasoned midwife takes desperate measures to save a baby's life. Sher performs a cesarean on a mother she thinks has died, but what if she's alive? 312 pp.
Synopsis
A talented midwife is arrested for murder when she saves a baby by performing a Caesarean section once she believes the mother has died--only to have her assistant insist later that the woman was still very much alive. Told in the mesmerizing voice of the midwife's daughter, Midwives depicts the aftermath of the tragedy.From the Hardcover edition.
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- Seller
- bookwitch (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 8865b
- Title
- Midwives
- Author
- Bohjalian, Chris
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0517703963
- ISBN 13
- 9780517703960
- Publisher
- Harmony, NY, 1997
- Place of Publication
- New York
- This edition first published
- April 1, 1997
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Pictorial Wraps
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