Join librarian Eric Wasserman for a lively discussion from critically acclaimed author Chris Bohjalian (Double Bind, Night Strangers). Midwives begins on an icy winter night in an isolated house in rural Vermont, where a seasoned midwife named Sibyl Danforth takes desperate measures to save a baby’s life. She performs an emergency cesarean section on a mother she believes has died of stroke. But what if Sibyl’s patient wasn’t dead-and Sibyl inadvertently killed her? As Sibyl faces the antagonism of the law, the hostility of traditional doctors, and the accusations of her own conscience, Midwives engages, moves, and transfixes us as only the very best novels do. Register now at the Reference Desk. Copies of the book will be available when you register. There is no fee.
