Hope River: The Reluctant Midwife (Audiobook)

from nancynova

second in the Hope river series. Nurse Becky returns to Hope River after her employer, Dr. Blum, suffers a mental collapse. With no more money, she hopes to live in his old WV house, but turns out it was sold for back taxes. They move in with midwife Patience, who has a high risk pregnancy and he...

from mchwest

This is the second novel by Patricia Harman that I have read and it is an ARC from LIbraryThing. This is why I go t these sites for books, what a wonderful story. This was a continuation of the first book, THE MIDWIFE OF HOPE RIVER, and it introduced new characters and old. The story came from a ...

from SheilaDeeth

Lovers of TV's Call the Midwife will enjoy this tale of a small-town American midwife's assistant, reluctantly taking on the job when the Depression leaves her hopeless and almost homeless. The lives of people struggling on the edges of poverty are vividly portrayed, and there's plenty of well-re...

from milibrarian

In the midst of the Great Depression, registered nurse Becky Myers finds herself unemployed and caring for Dr. Blum who has not spoken since his wif'e's sudden death. When they become homeless, they move to West Virginia . As Becky tries to find work to provide food, gasoline, and other necessiti...

from BrokenTeepee

This book was so different from what I was expecting it to be. Becky Meyers is a registered nurse and finds herself now caring for the doctor for whom she worked as he is now in a catatonic state of some sort. His family has abandoned him and she refuses to do the same. It is the height of the Gr...