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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... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Dora Marie Rare: main character; a 17 yrs old girl who is training to be a midwife in the 1900's.
- Dr. Thomas: Doctor in a nearby town
- Miss Marie Babineau: Midwife who is training Dora
- Archer Bigelow: Dora's husband
- Ginny Jessup: Laird Jessup's second wife, who he met in a different town.
- Hart Bigelow: Archer Bigelow's older brother
- Fran: Dora's Aunt
- Charlie: Dora's brother
- Maxine: Add a description of this character.
- Mabel
- Mary
- Brady Ketch: Town drunk, who beats his wife and children.
- Iris Rose: Brady Ketch's 12yr old daughter.
- Sadie Loomer
- Wrennie
- Grace Hutner: Pretty, and popular girl in town.
- Bertine
- Tom
- Darcy: A baby boy Dora named that died shortly after birth.
- Sam Gower
- Laird Jessup
- Archie: Widow Bigelow's son.
- Lucy
- Albert
- Marie
- Payzant
- Widow Bigelow: Hart's and Archer's mother. An old friend of Miss Marie Babineau
- Granny Bonne
- Irwin
- Norton
- Hardy
First Sentence edit
Ever since I can remember, people have had more than enough to say about me.
Series & Lists edit
This book is in Random Synapses: 100 Book Reading Challenge (2011). (community list)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: William Morrow
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: August 22, 2006
ISBN: 978-0061135859
Page Count: 400
Publisher: William Morrow
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: August 22, 2006
ISBN: 978-0061135859
Page Count: 400
Awards edit
- CBC Canada Reads (Finalist, 2011)
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- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 823.92
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