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The birth house / a novel by Ami McKay.
Practicing midwife Dora Rare works in Scots Bay, Nova Scotia during the early part of the twentieth century, but the midwifery tradition is threatened when medical doctor Gilbert Thomas arrives with promises of fast, painless childbirth.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780676977721
- ISBN: 0676977723
- ISBN: 0676977731 (Vintage : pbk.)
- ISBN: 9780676977738 (pbk.)
- Physical Description: 387 pages ; 22 cm.
- Edition: First edition
- Publisher: Toronto : A.A. Knopf Canada, c2006.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | VPL copy inscribed by author. |
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| Subject: | Acadians > Fiction. Childbirth > Fiction. Midwifery > Fiction. Nineteen tens > Fiction. Obstetricians > Fiction. World War, 1914-1918 > Fiction. Nova Scotia > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Canadian fiction. Domestic fiction. Historical fiction. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeshore Branch | FIC McKay | 31681010353712 | FICTIONPBK | Available | - |
AMI McKAY is the author of three bestselling novelsâThe Birth House, The Virgin Cure, and The Witches of New Yorkâas well as the novella, Half Spent Was the Night. Her memoir, Before My Time (originally titled Daughter of Family G), was named a CBC Best Book of 2019. McKay is also a playwright, composer, and essayist. Her non-fiction work has appeared in Elle Canada, The Independent, Canadian Living, and Chatelaine. Born and raised in the Midwest, she now lives in Nova Scotia.
