Jim L. reviewed on 10/14/2005 + 38 more book reviews

Ostensibly a courtroom drama novel, in reality "Midwives" is the story of young girl's coming of age. The story centers around a tragically failed home birth and the ensuing trial of the midwife involved, the events seen through the eyes of the woman's thirteen year old daughter. Wonderfully spare and faultless prose, superb characterization, sharp dialogue...the reader easily slips into the mind, emotions, loves and fears of this teenage girl. If it weren't for the photo on the inside fly leaf you could never ever guess that the author, Chris Bohjalian, is a man.

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