by Chris Bohjalian · Vintage · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780375706776
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«Midwives» is the legal fiction novel by Chris Bohjalian, published by Vintage in paperback (374 pages, in English).
In 1981, during a snowy night in an isolated Vermont house, midwife Sibyl Danforth performs an emergency caesarean on a mother she believes is dead, to save the baby. Her assistant reports her, and Sibyl must prove her innocence in a trial between traditional medicine, public opinion and her conscience. Narrated by her daughter Connie.
It belongs to the Vintage Contemporaries collection and was selected by Oprah's book club.
For readers of literary fiction and contemporary narrative who enjoy stories of trials and moral dilemmas.
Chris A. Bohjalian is an American novelist and the author of over twenty novels, including Midwives (1997), The Sandcastle Girls (2012), The Guest Room (2016), and The Flight Attendant (2018). Bohjalian's work has been published in over thirty languages, and three of his novels have been adapted into films. Bohjalian's The Flight Attendant has been adapted by Steve Yockey for a television drama starring Kaley Cuoco.
