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The birth house  Cover Image Book Book

The birth house / a novel by Ami McKay.

McKay, Ami, 1968- (Author).

Summary:

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.
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.

Available copies

  • 0 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium. (Show)
  • 0 of 1 copy available at Innisfil Public Library System. (Show)
  • 0 of 1 copy available at Lakeshore Branch.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Lakeshore Branch FIC McKay 31681010353712 FICTIONPBK Checked out 12/13/2024


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