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The Birth House: A Novel (P.S.) (Reprint Edition) by Ami Mckay Paperback, 416 Pages, Published 2007 ISBN-10: 0-06-113587-9 / 0061135879 ISBN-13: 978-0-06-113587-3 / 9780061135873 An arresting portrait of the struggles that women faced for control of their own bodies, The Birth House is the story of Dora Rare—the first daughter in five generations of Rares. As apprentice to the outspoken Acadian midwife Miss Babineau, Dora learns to assist the women of an isolated Nova S |