Patricia Harman, Author . Beacon $24.95 (290p) ISBN 978-0-8070-7289-9
A nurse midwife struggling to keep solvent the women's health clinic in Torrington, W.Va., that she ran with her surgeon husband shares poignant stories about her patients over the course of a year. A self-described former hippie who lived on a
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Patricia Harman. Beacon, $24.95 (287p) ISBN 978-0-8070-0138-7
Harman's first memoir, The Blue Cotton Gown, revealed the struggles of a modern midwife who began with no training but eventually became a certified nurse-midwife (CNM) in practice with her OB-Gyn husband, Tom. Her wonderful second memoir is...
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Patricia Harman. Morrow, $14.99 trade paper (400p) ISBN 978-0-06-219889-1
Set in gritty Depression-era West Virginia, Harman’s debut novel tells the story of rural midwife Patience Murphy, a woman who loves helping new mothers bring children into the world. But a secret, violent past keeps her from letting anyone get too...
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