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Midwifery fascinates me, especially in older historical periods. I‘m also a fan of the series Call the Midwife. This book is slow burn but written very well. On an impossible winter night in Vermont, conditions are set that just happen to align for an unknowingly risky home birth. When the town midwife makes the best decision she knows, her life turns upside down. Here is a modern story of an old patriarchal ploy: controlling women‘s bodies.

Holiday shopping today? Well, if you want to give someone one of my novels with a personal inscription, simply visit in-person or online or call the Vermont Book Shop (802 388-2061) in Middlebury, VT or Phoenix Books in Burlington, VT (802 448-3350). They ship and my penmanship is fantastic. Thanks, friends!

I‘m posting one book a day from my massive collection. No description, no reason for why I want to read it.

#ABookADay2025

Next bookclub pick by my friend Leigh. This has been on my shelves for years glad to finally read it. I have another friend who told me this was his favorite book so looking forward to it.

This book was so heartbreaking but I do love a good family saga even as dysfunctional this loving family turned out to be.

Thank you, my friends: 51,000 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ reviews on Goodreads . Is it time to discover (or rediscover) the novel about a home birth, a midwife on trial, and a young girl coming of age in Vermont that first introduced my work to so many of you? @DoubledayBooks

4 ⭐️ Enjoyed most of the book, but it could have been a bit shorter #2025 #bookclub #retelling #fiction #oprahsbookclub

So, back when Oprah started her book club, I was super into it and read quite a few of the first books she chose. This beauty was one of them. Decided to reread it this week and I‘m so glad I did. It‘s still wonderful, and 20 years later (omg I‘m old) it still resonates. Would you believe this is the only Wally Lamb book I‘ve read? 🤦‍♀️

This was a soft pick for this one which I read as part of the #ShelfSweeper Readathon #4Elizabeth. @Tove_Reads Book 2 from my shelf finished.

An interesting story finding out all about the secret‘s o& a pilot who was killed in an explosion in the air. As you find out more you get more and more annoyed by him, and what you find out. Some interesting twists along the way. Not sure what I make of the ending of the epilogue.

The tagged book is my second book read for the #ShelfSweeper Readathon @Tove_Reads #4Elizabeth

This book has been sitting on my shelf for more than 10 years. It tells the story of a wife who is awoken in the middle of the night to be told her pilot husband has been killed in an aeroplane accident, and goes on to tell his back story with no doubt some surprises along the way.

Tackle the TBR 🤓📚
What are you reading?
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