Historical Fiction
The Midwife of Hope River (Hope River #1)
2012·382 pages
A midwife delivers babies across Depression-era Appalachia while guarding personal secrets amid poverty, disease, and KKK threats.
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A midwife delivers babies across Depression-era Appalachia while guarding personal secrets amid poverty, disease, and KKK threats.
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Midwife Patience Murphy has a gift: a talent for escorting mothers through the challenges of bringing children into the world. Working in the hardscrabble conditions of Appalachia during the Depression, Patience takes the jobs that no one else wants, helping those most in need—and least likely to pay. She knows a successful midwifery practice must be built on a foundation of openness and trust—but the secrets Patience is keeping are far too intimate and fragile for her to ever let anyone in. Hon...
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Mild romantic attraction and developing relationship; fade-to-black intimacy
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KKK threats; mining dangers; detailed difficult childbirths and medical hardship
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Magic & witchcraft
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No fantasy magic or witchcraft present
Occult / demonology
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Racial prejudice, KKK presence, and class hardship in the Depression
Self-harm / suicide
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Poverty, disease, racial persecution; past trauma and maternal hardship
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