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" The birth house : "
by Ami Mckay.
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BL
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| Record Number
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1022906
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| Doc. No
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b777276
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| Main Entry
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McKay, Ami,1968-
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| Title & Author
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The birth house : : a novel /\ by Ami Mckay.
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| Edition Statement
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1st U.S. ed.
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| Publication Statement
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New York, NY :: William Morrow :: An Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers,, 2006, ©2006.
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, ©2006
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| Page. NO
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385 pages ;; 22 cm
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| ISBN
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0007232829
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: 0061135852
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: 0061135879
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: 9780007232826
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: 9780061135859
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: 9780061135873
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| Abstract
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The first daughter in five generations of her Nova Scotia family, Dora Rare becomes an apprentice to a gifted midwife and storyteller before their home is threatened by the arrival of a brash medical doctor who promises sterile and painless births.
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Midwifery, Fiction.
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Childbirth, Fiction.
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Midwifery.
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Nova Scotia, Fiction.
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Nova Scotia.
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| Dewey Classification
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823/.92
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813/.6
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| LC Classification
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PR9199.4.M4288B57 2006
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