A Midwife's Story by Penny Armstrong
A moving, fascinating memoir of Penny Armstrongs years as midwife to an Amish community in rural Pennsylvania.Remarkable.. as wonderful about the Amish as it is about midwifery--The New York Times
Penny Armstrong (Cape Elizabeth, near Portland, Maine) has delivered over 1,800 babies and enjoyed a 25 year career in nurse-midwifery including teaching and practice in home, hospital and birth centres.
She and her husband Rich currently live and work in their home state of Maine where she counsels people on living healthy lifestyles.
Sheryl Feldman is a writer, teacher, and not-for-profit communications manager. She also co-founded Hedgebrook, a retreat for women writers and is the initiator of its community residency project Women Writers of the Arab World.
Apart from A Wise Birth and A Midwife's Story, she also wrote Bangkok Zigzag, a documentary on motorcycle taxi drivers in Bangkok. Passionate for international travel and crossing cultures, she lives in Seattle and has two sons and two granddaughters.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781905177042 |
| ISBN 10 | 1905177046 |
| Title | A Midwife's Story |
| Author | Penny Armstrong |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Pinter & Martin Ltd. |
| Year published | 2006-09-01 |
| Number of pages | 208 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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