โ Scribed by Bohjalian, Chris
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"Superbly crafted and astonishingly powerful. . . . It will thrill readers who cherish their worn copies of To Kill A Mockingbird." --People
With a suspense, lyricism, and moral complexity that recall To Kill a Mockingbird and Presumed Innocent , this compulsively readable novel explores what happens when a woman who has devoted herself to ushering life into the world finds herself charged with responsibility in a patient's tragic death.
The time is 1981, and Sibyl Danforth has been a dedicated midwife in the rural community of Reddington, Vermont, for fifteen years. But one treacherous winter night, in a house isolated by icy roads and failed telephone lines, Sibyl takes desperate measures to save a baby's life. She performs an emergency Caesarean section on its mother, who appears to have died in labor. But what if--as Sibyl's assistant later charges--the patient wasn't already dead, and it was Sibyl who inadvertently killed her?
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"Superbly crafted and astonishingly powerful. . . . It will thrill readers who cherish their worn copies of _To Kill A Mockingbird."_ \--People With a suspense, lyricism, and moral complexity that recall **To Kill a Mockingbird** and **Presumed Innocent** , this compulsively readable novel explo
"Superbly crafted and astonishingly powerful. . . . It will thrill readers who cherish their worn copies of _To Kill A Mockingbird."_ \--People With a suspense, lyricism, and moral complexity that recall **To Kill a Mockingbird** and **Presumed Innocent** , this compulsively readable novel explo
In the winter of 1981, trapped by unpassable roads, midwife Sibyl Danforth makes a life-altering decision when she performs an emergency cesarean section on a woman she fears has died of a stroke.