Did not finish but want to comment anyway.
This is a fictional tale of murder, mystery and secrets, the story follows the travails of the only midwife in a small Colorado mining town in the 1880's. I found this while collecting books for the category: The Wives Between Us. I decided that this fictional book about a late 19th century midwife is not for me. In her acknowledgments the author states that "I realized my book would not be about midwifery, but about a midwife...midwifery would not be a theme of the book but a part of it." She also states "...my editor suggested I write a book about a midwife. Oh, yuck, I thought. I don't want to write about the details of childbirth." I couldn't even make it through the first chapter without my mind throwing shade at the characterization of her fictionalized midwife & midwifery, and as I value a quiet mind--I put this book aside and went on to Chris Bohjalian's fabulous fictional portrayal of midwifery.
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