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The Birth House

The Birth House( )
Author: McKay, Ami
ISBN:978-0-00-723330-4
Publication Date:Aug 2007
Publisher:HarperCollins Publishers Limited
Imprint:HarperPerennial
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:AUD $28.99
Book Description:

Spanning the 20th century Ami McKay takes a primitive and superstitious rural community in Nova Scotia and creates a rich tableau of characters to tell the story of childbirth from its most secretive early practices to modern maternity as we know it.

Book Details
Pages:352
Detailed Subjects: Fiction / Historical / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):13 x 20.4 x 3 cm
Book Weight:0.232 Kilograms
Author Biography
McKay, Ami (Author)
Ami McKay was born in Indiana in 1968. She is a playwright, novelist and journalist. She started her writing career as a freelancer for CBC Radio. Her work has aired on 'This Morning' and 'The Sunday Edition'. Her documentary, Daughter of Family G won an Excellence in Journalism Medallion at the 2003 Atlantic Journalism Awards.Her first title, The Birth House, made the Number One Spot on Canadian best sellers list. In 2012 she won the Atlantic Independent Booksellers' Association "Bookseller's Choice of the Year" award for her title, The Virgin Cure.

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