Diana Milena Vel Milena Vel itibaren Bahuni Danda, Nepal itibaren Bahuni Danda, Nepal

I read this several years ago and remember liking it but not finding it to be brilliant literature. Certainly an interesting premise and a book to steer clear of if you are currently pregnant or about to becoem pregnant. The book is written in the adult voice of Connie, the Midwife's daughter, who was 14 at the time the events of the book happen. Through this lens we are told a tale of her mother, Sibyl Danforth, a lay midwife, who goes on trial when one of her home births goes terribly wrong. I won't leave spoilers here but suffice it to say, it left me wondering how much young Connie really remembers, what she really saw and what over the passage of time has become warped. The book moves swiftly and holds the reader's attention.