![]() ![]() Not just the birthing story of any given woman - although that was a good thing to keep in mind - but the whole history Mama called this "the history of the body," as there were a lot of folks, family and otherwise, who had gone before this person, and remembering those people was nearly as important to a midwife as anything we might do with our hands. Mama always said that most of being a good midwife was in knowing the family history. For generations, the women of her family have attended the births of most children in Kettle Valley, West Virginia - lovingly, grimly serving as midwives and, sometimes when the births go bad or the child is unwanted, acting as merciful murderers. Unlike Prissy in Gone With the Wind, Elizabeth Whitely knows somethin' 'bout birthin' babies. ![]() Review | The Midwife's Tale by Gretchen Moran Laskas ![]()
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