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It is the 1930s, and Kettle Valley, West Virginia, is still a sleepy place with no modern conveniences. The services of the Whitely woman are always in high demand, and Elizabeth works diligently with her mother learning the skills of a midwife, carefully mixing the tinctures and preparing the tonics that have the potential to preserve life. For generations, the Whitely women have kept the ledgers that define the population of Kettle Valley. The big black ledgers are filled with the names of the babies born into the hands of Elizabeth's mama and her grandma before her. There are also the red ledgers, which hold horrible truths encrypted in a code known only to Elizabeth's mother. Because Elizabeth spends her adolescence as an apprentice to the midwife craft, she is burdened with too much knowledge, and she feels the joy of childhood slipping away to be replaced with a deep, ebbing loneliness that fills her life with sorrow. A tender story of broken dreams. Elsa Gaztambide
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"Evocative storytelling"
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It is the 1930s, and Kettle Valley, West Virginia, is still a sleepy place with no modern conveniences. The services of the Whitely woman are always in high demand, and Elizabeth works diligently with her mother learning the skills of a midwife, carefully mixing the tinctures and preparing the tonics that have the potential to preserve life. For generations, the Whitely women have kept the ledgers that define the population of Kettle Valley. The big black ledgers are filled with the names of the babies born into the hands of Elizabeth's mama and her grandma before her. There are also the red ledgers, which hold horrible truths encrypted in a code known only to Elizabeth's mother. Because Elizabeth spends her adolescence as an apprentice to the midwife craft, she is burdened with too much knowledge, and she feels the joy of childhood slipping away to be replaced with a deep, ebbing loneliness that fills her life with sorrow. A tender story of broken dreams. Elsa Gaztambide
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
Kirkus Reviews
"Evocative storytelling"
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