The birthing house
a young couple, Conrad and Joanna Harrison, attempt to save their marriage by starting anew in a rural turn-of-the-century former birthing house. One day when Jo is away at work, the former owner bequeaths a photo album that “belongs to the house.” Thumbing through these antique photos of miserable...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
St. Martin's Press,
2009.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| Summary: | a young couple, Conrad and Joanna Harrison, attempt to save their marriage by starting anew in a rural turn-of-the-century former birthing house. One day when Jo is away at work, the former owner bequeaths a photo album that “belongs to the house.” Thumbing through these antique photos of miserable midwives and pregnant girls in their nineteenth-century dresses, Conrad is chilled to the bone: staring back at him with a countenance of rage is his own wife.--From publisher description. |
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| Physical Description: | 308 p. ; 25 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9780312385842 0312385846 |
| Author Notes: | Christopher Ransom is a native of Boulder, Colorado, who has lived in New York and Los Angeles. He now resides with his wife and three rescued dogs in a 142-year-old former birthing house in Mineral Point, Wisconsin. |
