The midwife by gay courter
The Midwife &#; Courter, Gay
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Title: The Midwife
Authors: Courter, Gay
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin, Boston
Publication Date:
Edition: First Edition
Book Condition: G
D-j Condition: G
Comments: D-j chipped. Manual has minor wear and has bumped corners.
Synopsis: Hannah Blau, the midwife, fought savage religious prejudice to gain medical training in Moscow&#;s legendary Imperial College. She fought her retain doubts and fears as she plunged into a forbidden love affair and an even more hazard-filled marriage. She fought the awesome odds facing a Jewish immigrant and the bitter hostility of male doctors in turn-of-the-century Novel York. She fought for her burning dreams and desires. She fought and she won.
This magnificent novel follows the courageous and passionate Hannah Blau from the corridors of the Imperial Palace to the Lower East Side and finally to New York&#;s Fifth Avenue mansions &#; recreating a whole brand-new world of striving, of love, of lust, of life, death and birth.
Gay Courter has spent her career as a scribe in film, television, fiction and nonfiction. Millions of copies of her books have sold and five titles have appeared on the New York Times best-seller list. Her best-known works are the novels "The Midwife "(one of the top-selling books of ), "River of Dreams," and "Code Ezra" (all published by Houghton Mifflin), "Flowers in the Blood"(Dutton), and "I Speak for This Child: True Stories of a Child Advocate" (Crown, ), which recounts her 25 years as a guardian ad Litem, helping children in the Florida courts. I Converse for This Child was nominated by her publisher for a Pulitzer Prize and its publication led to many television appearances, including the Today exhibit, Good Morning America, and 20/20; numerous awards; and public speaking engagements throughout the US. A frequent and savvy traveler, as well as an avid collector of credit card points to aid her wanderlust, Gay also writes a travel blog for the Creators Syndicate. Her website is
Gay did the research for her latest novel, "The Young woman in the Box," aboard the Diamond Princess in
With her husband, Philip, Gay founded Co
The Midwife
A page-turner of a study, very well written. Begins with Book One “Russia”in The heroine, Hannah Blau has managed to appear Moscow’s famed Imperial College, under the quota limiting Jews, to obtain medical midwifery training. The story opens on her first delivery handled entirely on her own. Her skills and instincts and humanity result in great triumph, impressing her mentor professors. Recognizing that she almost has the training of a doctor, they soon encourage her to employ to med. school, which she eventually agrees to, though her greatest long for is to be a midwife.
Also crucial at the novel’s beginning is Hannah’s regular return to the luxurious home of her Moscow relatives to observe the Sabbath, lovingly portrayed from the perspective of the modest and pious women of the family, including Hannah, who genuinely fulfill or swear to fulfill the proverb about the unparalleled virtues of a virtuous wife.
Book Two recounts the violent events after her return to Odessa which culminated in her family's departure for America. Book Three portrays their life there, beginning in the lower East Side tenements. Again, much personal drama as well as the mo
# of Books:
2
First Book:
February
Latest Book:
October
Genres:
Historical Relationship
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The Midwife Series in Order (2 Books)
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
There are 2 books in The Midwife series.
The Midwife series does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest publication, The Midwife's Advice (Book 2), was published in October
The first manual in The Midwife series, The Midwife, was published in February
The Midwife series primarily falls into the Historical Romance genre.
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