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Midwives (novel)

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Country
  
United States

Publication date
  
April 1997

Author
  
Chris Bohjalian

Publisher
  
Harmony Books


Language
  
English

Originally published
  
April 1997

Genre
  
Novel

OCLC
  
34839705

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Media type
  
Print (hardback & paperback)

Pages
  
312 pp (hardback edition)

ISBN
  
0-517-70396-3 (hardback edition)

Similar
  
Chris Bohjalian books, Novels

Midwives: A Novel is a novel by Chris Bohjalian, and was chosen as an Oprah's Book Club selection in October 1998.

Contents

Plot summary

On an icy winter night in an isolated house in rural Vermont, a seasoned midwife named Sibyl Danforth takes desperate measures to save a baby's life. She performs an emergency cesarean section on a mother she believes has died of a stroke. But what if Sibyl's patient wasn't dead—and Sibyl inadvertently killed her? Midwives tells the story of Sibyl Danforth from the point of view of her young daughter.

Film, TV or theatrical adaptations

A TV version was made in 2001, adapted from this novel. It stars Sissy Spacek, Piper Laurie and directed by Glenn Jordan.

References

Midwives (novel) Wikipedia