Description: A Midwife's Song: Oh, Freedom! by Patricia Harman. A New Hope River Novel. Signed 2019 Trade Paperback. Like New Trade Paperback. Very slight cover corner wear. It’s 1956, the beginning of the Civil Rights movement in the U.S. and the middle of the Cold War. Violent revolutions are happening all over the world. On the home front, in the mountains of Appalachia, midwives Patience and Bitsy face personal revolutions. Their adult children are growing up and away. Bitsy’s adopted son returns from the army in Korea wounded in body and spirit. Patience’s daughter is pregnant “out of wedlock,” and Danny, her son, has a problem with booze. Childbirth in the U.S. is changing too. The midwives, who were once called frequently for home deliveries, have been overshadowed by the new hospital with its “painless childbirth”, until a few rebel nurses appear and Bitsy and Patience step forward to help them. In the midst of these challenges, journals written in the 1850s by African American, Grace Potts, the elder midwife of the Hope River, begin appearing on Patience’s porch at night. The diaries detail Grace’s escape from slavery with the help of the Underground Railroad when she was fifteen. Who is bringing them? And why? What do the midwives do now? Read the journals, of course. Struggle to understand and help their children, of course. Join the civil rights protests on Main Street, yes… And sing! About the Seller: The Friends of the Shorewood Public Library is a non-profit membership organization which supports the mission of the suburban Milwaukee, Wisconsin library. Member volunteers raise funds from book sales and other efforts to help the library purchase resources and sponsor special events for the community. eBay sales are among these fundraising activities. This eBay item was not in library circulation, but was donated by a reader ‘friend.’
Price: 5.99 USD
Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
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Signed By: Patricia Harman
Book Title: Midwife's Song : Oh, Freedom!
Signed: Yes
Book Series: A Hope River Novel
Narrative Type: Fiction
Publisher: Independently Published
Item Length: 8 in
Original Language: English
Publication Year: 2019
Type: Novel
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Item Height: 1.2 in
Author: Patricia Harman
Genre: Literature and Fiction
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Topic: Literary
Item Weight: 21.2 Oz
Item Width: 5 in
Number of Pages: 478
