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September 30, 2019

REVIEW: The Midwife’s Apprentice by Karen Cushman

JayneA- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readscats / England / Historical / medieval / midwife / orphan / YA / YA classic7 Comments

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The girl known only as Brat has no family, no home, and no future until she meets Jane the Midwife and becomes her apprentice. As she helps the sharp-tempered Jane deliver babies, Brat—who renames herself Alyce—gains knowledge, confidence, and the courage to want something from life: “A full belly, a ... more >

January 4, 2017

REVIEW: The Mark of the King by Jocelyn Green

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviews18th-century / American historical / France / Historical / inspirational / inspirational romance / louisiana / midwifeComments Off on REVIEW: The Mark of the King by Jocelyn Green

Sweeping Historical Fiction Set at the Edge of the Continent After being imprisoned and branded for the death of her client, twenty-five-year-old midwife Julianne Chevalier trades her life sentence for exile to the fledgling 1720s French colony of Louisiana, where she hopes to be reunited with her brother, serving there ... more >

June 20, 2014

REVIEW: The Harem Midwife by Roberta Rich

JayneBook Reviews / D Reviews16th-century / European-Historical / Historical / Jewish-faith / midwife4 Comments

The Imperial Harem, Constantinople, 1578. Hannah and Isaac Levi, Venetians in exile, have overcome unfathomable obstacles to begin life anew in the Ottoman Empire. He works in the growing silk trade, and she, the best midwife in the capital, tends to the hundreds of women in Sultan Murat III’s lively ... more >

January 31, 2013

REVIEW: The Midwife’s Tale by Sam Thomas

JayneBook Reviews / C Reviews17th-century / England / Historical / midwife / mystery / Stuart-England / Yorkshire1 Comments

“It is 1644, and Parliament’s armies have risen against the King and laid siege to the city of York. Even as the city suffers at the rebels’ hands, midwife Bridget Hodgson becomes embroiled in a different sort of rebellion. One of Bridget’s friends, Esther Cooper, has been convicted of murdering ... more >

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April 30, 2012

REVIEW: The Midwife of Venice by Roberta Rich

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsHistorical Romances / Jewish-faith / midwife / Venice7 Comments

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Dear Ms. Rich, I have a love/hate relationship with historical novels. When they work, they can be wondrous – taking me to foreign lands, to different eras, into the rich and complex lives of the characters. Bad ones can seem endless and are worse if I get the feeling that ... more >

February 9, 2008

REVIEW: Baby Catcher: Chronicles of a Modern Midwife by Peggy Vincent

JayneB Reviews / B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Ebooksbabies / Contemporary / midwife / non-fiction4 Comments

Dear Mrs. Vincent, I don’t have children, well human children that is. And I’ve known for years that I probably am better off not having had any. That’s why I was quite surprised to find myself clicking on this title at Fictionwise and then actually buying it. What the heck ... more >

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