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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. |
Search for related items by subject
| 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
- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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 | Available | - |
| LDR | 01660cam a2200505 a 4500 | ||
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| 001 | 392040 | ||
| 003 | TSUGA | ||
| 005 | 20160125133000.0 | ||
| 008 | 050719s2006 onc 000 f eng d | ||
| 020 | . | ‡a9780676977721 | |
| 020 | . | ‡a0676977723 | |
| 020 | . | ‡a0676977731 (Vintage : pbk.) | |
| 020 | . | ‡a9780676977738 (pbk.) | |
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| 500 | . | ‡aVPL copy inscribed by author. | |
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