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She works by 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.
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"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"
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- PublisherNot Avail
- Publication date1986
- ISBN 10 555163213X
- ISBN 13 9785551632139
- BindingHardcover
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