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Book Review of I Knew a Woman : Four Women Patients and Their Female Caregiver

I Knew a Woman : Four Women Patients and Their Female Caregiver
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From the back cover:

"Like an intricate and beautiful work of art, Dortney Davis holds up the female body for admiration, reflection, exploration and awe in this sensuous and joyful book. A poet and a nurse practitioner with 25 years' experience, Davis reveals the intimate details of her daily work at a women's clinic over the course of a year. Here are the powerful stories of 4 patients, women who struggle with the body's natural cycles and unexpected surprises, and Davis's own emotions and thoughts as she treats them. 'I Knew a Woman' is a celebration of the reality of the female body..it's glorious beginnings and its subtle endings."