![]() Overall, "The Midwife of Hope River" was a gentle, touching story of community, courage, hope and love. Patience found it difficult to survive, often not receiving payment for her work, but I enjoyed learning about how she coped on her property without electricity and other mod cons, her reliance on the seasons, her garden and animals for food, and her battles with social injustice.The growing friendship between Patience and Bitsy, a young Negro woman, was heartwarming as was the blossoming romance between her and Hester, the local vet. ![]() The various birthing stories, whether good or bad were, for me, the highlights of this book.I also enjoyed the depiction of life during the Great Depression, especially for a single woman on her own. It didn't matter if the women were rich or poor, black or white, she helped them all, but also knew when to step back and allow the mothers-to-be to labour in the way they wanted to, despite conventions. Patience Murphy was an interesting character and I felt I was there at each birth she attended - the author certainly went into realistic detail! Patience's life was not an easy one as she struggled to bring babies into the world without the help of a doctor or modern technology. ![]() ![]() Although rather slow in places, I quite enjoyed "The Midwife of Hope River". ![]()
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