The Last Midwife: A Novel | 
pickBeautifully written this book is in turns heartbreaking and uplifting. Set in a time when life was tough and people had to be just as tough to survive. The main character, Gracie, has been a midwife for generations of women. She's accused of the unthinkable by a powerful man. As the story unfolds the secrets of many stay too come to light. How those secrets are delt with makes all the difference.
A book is a friend whose face is constantly changing. If you read it when you are recovering from an illness, and return to it years after, it is changed surely, with the change in yourself. ~Andrew Lang
pick1880‘s Colorado: The local midwife, Gracy, is accused of murdering a baby that she did not deliver. The accuser is a well-known, powerful local figure, so it ultimately comes down to Gracy‘s word vs. the accuser‘s.
The mystery of what actually happened to the baby drove the story and I was fully absorbed. The author stuck a few flashback-y things in toward the end that I didn‘t particularly love, but it still earns a very strong pick from me.
panThis is The Last Book by Dallas that I will read. It was a book club pick so it was my duty to plow through.
#DidntLikeItStillFinished #marchintoreading
#TBRtemptation post! Ooh, I want this one! Historical fiction taking place in the 1880 mining town of Swandyke, Colorado. Gracy is the only midwife in town & delivered hundreds of babies. She's the most trusted person in the region. Then a baby's found dead & she looks guilty. As folks take sides & the trial looms, she must decide whether or not to reveal many of the town's secrets & some of her own. Niiice. #blameLitsy #blameMrBook 😎
