Midwife of the Blue Ridge: A Novel
โ Scribed by Blevins, Christine
- Book ID
- 108898357
- Publisher
- Berkley
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 229 KB
- Category
- Fiction
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โฆ Synopsis
[COMPLETELY REFORMATTED!] A stirring debut novel of love, struggle, and savagery on America's colonial frontier? (Bernard Cornwell). They call her Dark Maggie for her thick black hair, but the name also has a more sinister connotation. As the lone survivor of an attack on her village, she was thought to be cursed?and unfit for marriage. Maggie is also gifted with quick wits and skilled in medicine, trained as a midwife. Venturing to the colonies as an indentured servant, she hopes to escape the superstitions of the old country? and find a home of her own. But what she discovers is a New World fraught with new dangers. **
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SANDRA DALLAS is the author of fourteen novels, including A Quilt for Christmas, Fallen Women, True Sisters, The Bride's House, Whiter Than Snow, Prayers for Sale, Tallgrass and New Mercies. She is a former Denver bureau chief for Business Week magazine and lives in Denver, Colorado. Formats : EPUB