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Set in a small rural community in Vermont, Midwives tells the story of Sibyl Danforth, a respected midwife who is accused of murder after she performs a caesarian section on a mother in her care.
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Midwives, Chris Bohjalian's fifth novel, is the story of two women: Sibyl Danforth, a lay midwife in rural Vermont, and her daughter, Connie. The nexus of this cautionary tale is an emergency Caesarean section Sibyl performs during a home birth that goes disastrously wrong. Believing the mother is already dead from a stroke, Sibyl operates and later finds herself on trial for killing the woman. The compelling story of her trial and its aftermath comes to us from Connie, who believes "this is my story, too." In fact, Connie's reaction to her mother's ordeal is to go to medical school and become an obstetrician. The book raises provocative issues about medical ethics and the limits of risk.
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"The courtroom settings provide . . . ample suspense, but Bohjalian is equally adept at rendering . . . quieter, individual drama. . . . A writer of unusual heart."
--Boston Globe
"A treasure. . . . It is a rare pleasure when a finely written novel also grips us with sheer storytelling power."
--Portland Oregonian
--Boston Globe
"A treasure. . . . It is a rare pleasure when a finely written novel also grips us with sheer storytelling power."
--Portland Oregonian
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- PublisherPocket Books
- Publication date2009
- ISBN 10 184739339X
- ISBN 13 9781847393395
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages400
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