A Midwife's Story - Softcover

Penny Armstrong; Sheryl Feldman

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1905177046 ISBN 13: 9781905177042

Publisher: Pinter & Martin Ltd, 2006

Synopsis

When hospital-trained midwife Penny Armstrong takes on a job delivering the babies of the Amish, she discovers an approach to giving birth which would change her life forever. A Midwife's Story is a life-affirming book that never fails to enlighten, inform and surprise. Honest and ultimately very moving, it is inspirational reading for all student midwives and expectant parents.

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From the Inside Flap:

the light of kerosene lamps, without fetal monitoring systems, X rays, surgeons, or anesthesiologists. The nearest phone is several fields away.

From the moment her own phone rings until she delivers the newborn into its mother's arms, each birth is different, and each is thrilling. To share the excitement of birth among the gentle, Old-Order Amish of Lancaster Count, Pennsylvania, is to experience a special thrill, a timeless grace. It is also to gain a new awareness of the quality of the birth experience, the difference between natural births at home and impersonal hospital deliveries.

Funny and wise, with intervals of nerve-wracking tension, A Midwife's Story is unique, a revelation of a very special place and an extraordinary life.

From the Back Cover:

"Penny Armstrong is a flesh and blood heroine too remarkable for a novelist to have invented.... A book that is hard to put down."

Gay Courter, Author of Midwife

"A charming, gracefully written book... a must for mothers-to-be and a delight for all"

The Kirkus Reviews

About this edition

• Publisher: Pinter & Martin Ltd
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1905177046
• ISBN 13: 9781905177042
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 208