The Reluctant Midwife Book Reviews

AUTHOR
Patricia Harman
SCORE
4.5
TOTAL RATINGS
422

The Reluctant Midwife by Patricia Harman Book Summary

The USA Today bestselling author of The Midwife of Hope River returns with a heartfelt sequel, a novel teeming with life and full of humor and warmth, one that celebrates the human spirit.

The Great Depression has hit West Virginia hard. Men are out of work; women struggle to feed hungry children. Luckily, Nurse Becky Myers has returned to care for them. While she can handle most situations, Becky is still uneasy helping women deliver their babies. For these mothers-to-be, she relies on an experienced midwife, her dear friend Patience Murphy.

Though she is happy to be back in Hope River, time and experience have tempered Becky’s cheerfulness-as tragedy has destroyed the vibrant spirit of her former employer Dr Isaac Blum, who has accompanied her. Patience too has changed. Married and expecting a baby herself, she is relying on Becky to keep the mothers of Hope River safe.

But becoming a midwife and ushering precious new life into the world is not Becky’s only challenge. Her skills and courage will be tested when a calamitous forest fire blazes through a Civilian Conservation Corps camp. And she must find a way to bring Isaac back to life and rediscover the hope they both need to go on.

Full of humor and compassion, The Reluctant Midwife is a moving tribute to the power of optimism and love to overcome the most trying circumstances and times, and is sure to please fans of the poignant Call the Midwife series.

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Book Name The Reluctant Midwife
Genre Historical
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Language English
E-Book Size 1.66 MB

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Nurse Becky. I loved reading the Reluctant Midwife. All of the characters are believable and I found myself thinking of them as friends. As an OB Nurse, I found the delivery stories wonderful. I hope there is a follow up book so we can see how Becky and Issac adapt to being a couple and parents!

The reluctant Midwife. Excellent. Full of emotion and grit. Couldn’t put it down!

Excellent historical fiction. I loved this book. I hated putting it down. As a result, I had several late nights (early mornings) while reading it. The characters were fully developed and relatable.

The Reluctant Midwife. I couldn’t put it down, it was very good. I don’t really like to read books like this because it had so much realism and sadness to it. The horror of losing a baby and the blood, etc… When the fire comes and so many people were lost or badly burned, especially the little Hucknell girls losing everything really touched me. I loved the ending!!!

LOVED this book!. Such a fascinating and beautiful story during such a critical time in our nations history. I'm recommending for my book club this month!! Great read.

Engaging and Fascinating. The Reluctant Midwife is an engaging and utterly fascinating historical fiction novel that takes place in West Virginia, during the Great Depression. Nurse Becky Myers had worked with Dr. Isaac Blum for seven years before she ended up becoming his caregiver. Instead of continuing with his life’s work, Dr. Blum withdrew into a catatonic state, when his wife suffered a tragic death. Becky’s anger and frustration with the catatonic doctor mushroomed after she ran out of money and became homeless. Thankfully an old friend, Patience Hester, the Midwife for Hope River and her husband Daniel, a Veterinarian, took Becky, and Isaac under their wing. I first met Becky Myers and Dr. Isaac Blum in The Midwife of Hope River, Patricia Harman’s first book in this series. They were secondary characters in that book, and not very nice ones at that. Isaac Blum was an arrogant doctor and Becky was a prideful nurse. In this second book of the series, The Reluctant Midwife, Becky shows her courage by putting on a brave front and helping Patience with her Midwifery practice. She also begins to develop genuine empathy for women in labor. Both Dr. Blum and Becky are humbled, during this dark time in their life; and as a result, they develop a deep compassion for others. I didn’t think that the two would ever win me over, but they did. I found The Reluctant Midwife to be a compelling and engaging read. The book is crafted, with so many vivid and authentic details, that I couldn’t help but feel part of the story. I loved this book and highly recommend giving it a read.

Reluctant Midwife. Wonderful story telling.

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The The Reluctant Midwife book written by Patricia Harman was published on 03 March 2015, Tuesday in the Historical category. A total of 422 readers of the book gave the book 4.5 points out of 5.

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