...she is drawn to Miss Babineau, an Acadian midwife with a gift for healing and a kitchen filled with herbs and folk remedies...
What an opening of an interesting novel by Ami McKay - the title of this novel is "The Birth House" with details regarding the Halifax Explosion, the midwifery tradition, knitting socks for soldiers during World War I, and - to me, the most fascinating - stories of herbal medicine and women's wisdom!
