The Midwife's Touch
Sue Harrison
- 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
pro-mbooks3 : libris