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| Genre/Form: | Legal stories., Medical novels. |
|---|---|
| Material Type: | Fiction, Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Christopher A Bohjalian |
| ISBN: | 0517703963 9780517703960 |
| OCLC Number: | 34839705 |
| Description: | 312 p. ; 25 cm. |
| Responsibility: | by Chris Bohjalian. |
| More information: |
Abstract:
The trial of a midwife in 1980s Vermont. Sybil Danforth, with several hundred deliveries to her name, claims the mother was dead when she opened her to save the baby. The prosecution claims the mother was alive and the operation was illegal. The story is narrated by Sybil's daughter, portraying the trial as another round in the persecution of midwives by the New England medical profession.
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