{"product_id":"2940169236941","title":"Midwives: A Novel (Abridged)","description":"\"Superbly crafted and astonishingly powerful. . . . It will thrill readers who cherish their worn copies of \u003ci\u003eTo Kill A Mockingbird.\"\u003c\/i\u003e --People\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith a suspense, lyricism, and moral complexity that recall \u003cb\u003eTo Kill a Mockingbird\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003ePresumed Innocent\u003c\/b\u003e, this compulsively readable novel explores what happens when a woman who has devoted herself to ushering life into the world finds herself charged with responsibility in a patient's tragic death.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe time is 1981, and Sibyl Danforth has been a dedicated midwife in the rural community of Reddington, Vermont, for fifteen years. But one treacherous winter night, in a house isolated by icy roads and failed telephone lines, Sibyl takes desperate measures to save a baby's life. She performs an emergency Caesarean section on its mother, who appears to have died in labor. But what if--as Sibyl's assistant later charges--the patient wasn't already dead, and it was Sibyl who inadvertently killed her?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs recounted by Sibyl's precocious fourteen-year-old daughter, Connie, the ensuing trial bears the earmarks of a witch hunt except for the fact that all its participants are acting from the highest motives--and the defendant increasingly appears to be guilty. As Sibyl Danforth faces the antagonism of the law, the hostility of traditional doctors, and the accusations of her own conscience, \u003cb\u003eMidwives\u003c\/b\u003e engages, moves, and transfixes us as only the very best novels ever do.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom the Trade Paperback edition.\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47100429992176,"sku":"2940169236941","price":13.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169236941_p0.jpg?v=1763768948","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169236941","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}