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- President Camacho
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- Saffron
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Hey Penelope,Penelope wrote:Ooooh I LIKE the sound of that one......A Midwife's Tale.
Thank you for recommending it. I will get a copy and read it whether it is the forum choice or not.
Nice One Saffron!!!
I have just started 'The Bad Mother's Handbook' by Kate Long - fun, fun, fun....
I just found out that PBS made a movie of a Midwife's Tale! I just ordered it from Netflix.
American Experience: A Midwife's Tale(1997) NR
While researching the scant record of American Revolution-era women, historian Laurel Ulrich came upon the overlooked diary of Martha Ballard, a midwife who never lost a mother's life in more than 1,000 deliveries. Using the dense diary as source material, Ulrich wrote a Pulitzer Prize-winning portrait of Ballard. This documentary supplements re-created scenes of Ballard's life with voice-over from the diary and interviews with Ulrich.
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Hello Audrey, nice to have you back.Citizen Girl by Emma McLaughlin
Searching for God Knows What by Donald Miller
It's always a lovely feeling when exams are over.
Which subjects are you taking, besides French?
I gave a reference to my favourite books in French a while ago-- and then promptly forgot about it.
At the moment I'm reading Year of Wonders
by Geraldine Brooks.
I had already read a few books about the plague in England but a friend recommended this to me and I'm enjoying it-- it takes place in an English village, the setting in 1666 is very nicely done.
Ophelia.
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I really enjoyed this book until the end. I'd love to know what you think of the way Geraldine wraps this book up.Ophelia wrote:Citizen Girl by Emma McLaughlin
Searching for God Knows What by Donald Miller
At the moment I'm reading Year of Wonders
by Geraldine Brooks.
I had already read a few books about the plague in England but a friend recommended this to me and I'm enjoying it-- it takes place in an English village, the setting in 1666 is very nicely done.
Saffron
- Penelope
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tis sooooooo good to have you back.
It is 'summer' here.....weather hot and sticky....we are having a barbecue - Aberdeen Angus Steak and Salad.......because we have to catch the warm weather before it goes away again.
We mark whether it has been a good summer by the number of barbecues we get in.
It is 'summer' here.....weather hot and sticky....we are having a barbecue - Aberdeen Angus Steak and Salad.......because we have to catch the warm weather before it goes away again.
We mark whether it has been a good summer by the number of barbecues we get in.
Only those become weary of angling who bring nothing to it but the idea of catching fish.
He was born with the gift of laughter and a sense that the world is mad....
Rafael Sabatini
He was born with the gift of laughter and a sense that the world is mad....
Rafael Sabatini