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Author
Series
Midwife volume 1
Language
English
Description
"On a dark night in 1775, Lizzie Boylston is awakened by the sound of cannons. From a hill south of Boston, she watches as fires burn in Charlestown, in a battle that she soon discovers has claimed her husband's life. Alone in a new town. Soon, word spreads of Lizzie's extraordinary midwifery and healing skills, and she begins to channel her grief into caring for those who need her." -- back cover.
Author
Series
Midwife volume 2
Publisher
Lake Union Publishing
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
In 1770s Boston, a prosperous merchant's daughter, Eliza Boylston, lives a charmed life -- until war breaches the walls of the family estate and forces her to live in a world in which wealth can no longer protect her. As the chaos of the Revolutionary War tears her family apart, Eliza finds herself drawn to her uncle's slave, John Watkins. Their love leads to her exile in Braintree, Massachusetts, home to radicals John and Abigail Adams and Eliza's...