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Whatchareadin (174 KP) rated Midwives in Books

May 10, 2018  
Midwives
Midwives
Chris Bohjalian | 1997
8
7.0 (2 Ratings)
Book Rating
Sibyl Danforth is not licensed to deliver babies, but it was her calling. Being a lay midwife she gets no greater joy than bringing children in the world for women who want to have them at home. But one home birth goes horribly wrong and despite every effort to save the mother she has to do what she can to save the baby. The next thing she knows she is on trial for involuntary manslaughter. Midwives is told from the point of view of Danforth's 14 year old daughter. Will she escape the charge or be forced to give up the job she loves so much.
  
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Dean (6927 KP) rated Eastern Promises (2007) in Movies

Feb 25, 2018  
Eastern Promises (2007)
Eastern Promises (2007)
2007 | Drama, Mystery
8
7.5 (4 Ratings)
Movie Rating Watch
This is very similar to A Histroy of Violence with the same director (David Cronenberg) and Viggo Mortensen teaming up again. It is just as violent and possibly more bloody and graphic. The acting is of a very good standard and although it is a bit slow at times you are likely to be engrossed in the story too much to notice.
A midwife delivers the child of a young Russian girl who dies at birth. Trying to trace her relatives she gets her Russian uncle to translate her diary which only uncovers a look into the life of the Russian mafia in London. If you liked A History of Violence, The Godfather you should really like this film.
  
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ClareR (6106 KP) rated Once Upon a River in Books

Mar 27, 2019  
Once Upon a River
Once Upon a River
Diane Setterfield | 2019 | Fiction & Poetry
10
6.8 (6 Ratings)
Book Rating
A beautiful story of the Thames
It’s really hard to read through tears, you know. And that’s just what I had to do through the last chapters of this book. This book held my attention throughout. Its beautifully, lyrically written - it has a real feel of the fairytale and supernatural about it (Quietly, the Ferryman), set alongside the practical and realistic (Rita, the nurse/ midwife).
This is a story that follows several characters who come together because of a drowned child who comes back to life. The fantastical runs alongside the everyday, and the Thames runs alongside all of it.
I loved this book, it’s gentle pace (like the Thames on a good day, perhaps!), and the people who populated its pages. It really is a gorgeous book and well worth reading.
  
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Lindsay (1807 KP) rated The Amish Midwife in Books

Feb 15, 2018  
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The Amish Midwife
Mindy Starns Clark | 2011
10
10.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
This was about Lexie finding her biological family. She is searching for her Identity. Her father died and told her about a box that came and when she finds it set her on mission to find her birth parents. She goes to Pennsylvania to help a midwife in trouble. Though she was to start working in Philly.

She learns some Amish words though her patients that she learns with some true meaning. People in her family are hiding information about her. She arrives at Marta Bayer home and Marta get angry at her. If you want to read more about the surprise or not for she finds a surprise that will be quite suprising to find out. Does Lexie get her Story. You need to read to find out.