The Midwife's Touch

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  • A
  • rare
  • gift
  • determines
  • one
  • woman’s
  • destiny
  • in
  • the
  • breathtaking
  • debut
  • of
  • a
  • new
  • trilogy
  • from
  • the
  • international-bestselling
  • author
  • of
  • the
  • Ivory
  • Carver
  • Trilogy.At
  • just
  • six
  • years
  • old,
  • it
  • becomes
  • clear
  • that
  • China
  • Creed’s
  • birthright,
  • passed
  • down
  • from
  • her
  • mother’s
  • side
  • of
  • the
  • family,
  • is
  • the
  • power
  • to
  • grant
  • wishes
  • with
  • only
  • a
  • touch.
  • In
  • their
  • small
  • Ozark
  • town,
  • where
  • superstition
  • runs
  • rampant,
  • the
  • only
  • person
  • who
  • can
  • be
  • trusted
  • with
  • her
  • secret
  • is
  • the
  • Cherokee
  • midwife
  • and
  • healer
  • who
  • makes
  • China
  • her
  • apprentice.After
  • the
  • tumult
  • of
  • the
  • Civil
  • War,
  • a
  • new
  • doctor
  • arrives
  • in
  • town
  • who
  • is
  • curious
  • about
  • the
  • lovely
  • young
  • woman
  • who
  • can
  • birth
  • babies
  • and
  • banish
  • hexes.
  • As
  • his
  • interest
  • in
  • her
  • deepens
  • and
  • China’s
  • life
  • is
  • torn
  • apart
  • by
  • her
  • mother’s
  • death
  • and
  • accusations
  • of
  • witchcraft,
  • she
  • will
  • have
  • to
  • decide
  • if
  • her
  • secret—and
  • her
  • heart—are
  • finally
  • safe
  • in
  • his
  • hands.In
  • this
  • epic
  • nineteenth-century
  • tale
  • of
  • alienation
  • and
  • avarice,
  • survival
  • and
  • sacrifice,
  • China
  • will
  • travel
  • from
  • the
  • backwoods
  • of
  • Missouri
  • to
  • the
  • mansions
  • of
  • Manhattan,
  • as
  • she
  • searches
  • for
  • a
  • future
  • where
  • she
  • is
  • finally
  • free
  • to
  • trust,
  • to
  • love,
  • and
  • to
  • touch
  • .
  • .
  • .Praise
  • for
  • the
  • writing
  • of
  • Sue
  • Harrison“Mythic
  • storytelling.”
  • —The
  • Washington
  • PostBook
  • World
  • on
  • Mother
  • Earth,
  • Father
  • Sky“Under
  • Harrison’s
  • hand,
  • ancient
  • Alaska
  • comes
  • beautifully
  • alive.”
  • —The
  • Denver
  • Post
  • on
  • Cry
  • of
  • the
  • Wind“Harrison
  • expertly
  • frames
  • dramatic
  • events
  • with
  • depictions
  • of
  • prehistoric
  • life
  • in
  • the
  • Aleutian
  • Islands.”
  • —The
  • New
  • York
  • Times
  • Book
  • Review
  • on
  • Mother
  • Earth,
  • Father
  • Sky“Harrison
  • once
  • again
  • displays
  • her
  • first-rate
  • storytelling
  • talents
  • .
  • .
  • .
  • A
  • warm
  • yarn
  • from
  • the
  • frozen
  • North
  • and
  • as
  • authentic
  • as
  • all
  • get-out.”
  • —Kirkus
  • Reviews
  • on
  • Song
  • of
  • the River
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