A Midwife's Story: Life, Love and Birth Among the Amish

When hospital-trained midwife Penny Armstrong takes on a job delivering the babies of the Amish, she encounters...
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Author: Penny Armstrong
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A Midwife's Story: Life, Love and Birth Among the Amish by Armstrong, Penny

A Midwife's Story: Life, Love and Birth Among the Amish

$33.85

A Midwife's Story: Life, Love and Birth Among the Amish

$33.85
Author: Penny Armstrong
Format: Paperback
Language: English
When hospital-trained midwife Penny Armstrong takes on a job delivering the babies of the Amish, she encounters a way of life deeply rooted in the earth. As she renews her respect for nature, she discovers an approach to giving birth which would change her life forever.

A gripping first-hand account of Armstrong's journey from student midwife in Glasgow to running her own practice in rural Pennsylvania, A Midwife's Story is a life-affirming book that never fails to enlighten, inform and surprise. Honest and ultimately very moving, it is inspirational reading for everyone interested in the art and humanity of midwifery.

Author: Penny Armstrong, Sheryl Feldman
Publisher: Pinter & Martin Ltd
Published: 01/25/2018
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 7.70h x 5.20w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9781780662008

About the Author
Penny Armstrong (Cape Elizabeth, near Portland, Maine) has delivered over 1,800 babies and enjoyed a 25 year career in nurse-midwifery including teaching and practice in home, hospital and birth centers. She and her husband Rich currently live and work in their home state of Maine where she counsels people on living healthy lifestyles. Sheryl Feldman is a writer, teacher, and not-for-profit communications manager. She also co-founded Hedgebrook, a retreat for women writers and is the initiator of its community residency project Women Writers of the Arab World. Apart from A Wise Birth and A Midwife's Story, she also wrote Bangkok Zigzag, a documentary on motorcycle taxi drivers in Bangkok. Passionate for international travel and crossing cultures, she lives in Seattle and has two sons and two granddaughters.

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