And I'm wrong. A Midwife's Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, based on her diary 1785-1812, by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, is what's on my shelf -- excellent book. I was riveted.
The other book -- the primitive novel -- I don't find on the shelf, and for the life of me I can't remember the title, or much about it, saving how wooden was the prose...Oh. And that the midwife froze to death because she was crossing the river after the ice had rotted, coming home from a call -- possibly one in which she performed an abortion. I'm not certain of the last point, but that was the kind of book it was.
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Re: Maine State Library
Date: 2012-10-07 09:36 pm (UTC)The other book -- the primitive novel -- I don't find on the shelf, and for the life of me I can't remember the title, or much about it, saving how wooden was the prose...Oh. And that the midwife froze to death because she was crossing the river after the ice had rotted, coming home from a call -- possibly one in which she performed an abortion. I'm not certain of the last point, but that was the kind of book it was.