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The Blue Cotton Gown: A Midwife's Memoir (2008)

by Patricia Harman(Favorite Author)

3.53 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0807072893 (ISBN13: 9780807072899)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

Beacon Press

review 1: I'm being generous with the 3 stars, since disappointment is my major complaint. I was hoping for something more along the lines of Patricia's other book, The Midwife of Hope River. While I understand that many nurse midwives practice gynacology and don't attend births, I feel like a book that claims to be about a midwife should be about attending births! Mostly, I found the book terribly depressing. I'm all for telling women's stories, but shouldn't there be a bit more hope? I was depressed for days after reading this.
review 2: I found this to be a compelling read and poetically written, especially for a memoir, but that poetry that I enjoyed also made me question at times how accurate and real-life it actually was. The timing of certain events (like the endi... moreng one) seemed almost too perfectly life-changing and occurring at just the right time. While I appreciated an honest look at what a midwife does beyond delivering babies, the drama and tragedy of the women's stories were just too much. There were no bright rays of hope. Is that because she only focused on the depressing stories? Or is it because she truly had no positives in her life? less

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