Midwife Patience Murphy has a gift: a talent for escorting mothers
through the challenges of bringing children into the world. Working in
the hardscrabble conditions of Appalachia during the Depression,
Patience takes the jobs that no one else wants, helping those most in
need--and least likely to pay. She knows a successful midwifery practice
must be built on a foundation of openness and trust--but the secrets
Patience is keeping are far too intimate and fragile for her to ever let
anyone in.
Honest, moving, and beautifully detailed, Patricia
Harman's The Midwife of Hope River rings with authenticity as Patience
faces nearly insurmountable difficulties. From the dangerous mines of
West Virginia to the terrifying attentions of the Ku Klux Klan, Patience
must strive to bring new light and life into an otherwise hard world.
