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Like the patriarchs of old, our men live all in one house with their wives and their concubines; and the mulattoes one sees in every family partly resemble the white children. Any lady is ready to tell you who is the father of all the mulatto children in everybody's household but her ...
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At age 91, Margaret Charles Smith was one of the oldest surviving traditional midwives in Alabama. Lay midwives like Smith were vital to the Black female community, drawing upon traditional knowledge and building a sense of solidarity. But in 1976, a state law condemned midwifery, causing many ...
David Gerrold with other interesting tales by Marc Laidlaw and Angie Peng, a fun piece by Brian Trent featuring some Greek Gods and a dog and a long fairy-tale like story by Leah Cypess that shows that fairies may not have the best interests of the people at heart when they give ...
Fans of Call the Midwife and Katie Flynn won’t be able to put this down. Purchase Links – Amazon –Kobo MY REVIEW This is a fabulous book and one that I just couldn’t put down. Starting in Glasgow 1939 rumours of war and the memories of the previous one are on everyone’s mind...
Thank God I have managed to feel more confident and not like I need to call the midwife hotline with every little question. What an information age we live in! I think this is what I found hardest about the first two weeks, by far the hardest and most intense two weeks of my life ...
As Emma stirs the pot, her sisters get dragged back into the mess, and you bet there are old scores to settle. The story’s not just about finding out who dunnit; it’s a deep dive into trust issues, backstabbings, and family drama that makes Thanksgiving look like a tea party. ...
I used to be something of a hoarder so books like this always appeal to me. I’m also reading Show Me the Bodies: How We Let Grenfell Happen by Peter Apps on my Kindle – this is a really in depth and interesting look at what happened at Grenfell but also what happened before and ...
If your favorite part of The Crown is seeing how relationships are pressured, fractured, and occasionally uplifted by their association with the crown, try this fictitious take on Victoria and Albert’s relationship. The two were famously deeply in love with each other—and yet, like Elizabeth ...