{"product_id":"birth-house","title":"Birth House","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eBirth House\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eAmi McKay\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780061135873\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eHarper Perennial\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2007\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eReprint\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eClean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn arresting portrait of the struggles that women faced for control of their own bodies, \u003cem\u003eThe Birth House\u003c\/em\u003e is the story of Dora Rare--the first daughter in five generations of Rares.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs apprentice to the outspoken Acadian midwife Miss Babineau, Dora learns to assist the women of an isolated Nova Scotian village through infertility, difficult labors, breech births, unwanted pregnancies, and unfulfilling sex lives. During the turbulent World War I era, uncertainty and upheaval accompany the arrival of a brash new medical doctor and his promises of progress and fast, painless childbirth. In a clash between tradition and science, Dora finds herself fighting to protect the rights of women as well as the wisdom that has been put into her care.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Birth House | Ami McKay | Paperback | 9780061135873 | Used: Very Good | Fiction 1534508","offer_id":50574759919874,"sku":"1534508","price":85.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3327\/5906\/files\/71kUTk84OoL.jpg?v=1790867347","url":"https:\/\/boswellsbooks.com\/products\/birth-house","provider":"Boswell's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}