Midwives by Chris Bohjalian

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"Did she perform at least eight or nine cycles as my mother said, or four or five as Asa recalled? That is the sort of detail that was disputable. But at some point within minutes of what my mother believed had been a stroke, after my mother concluded the cardiopulmonary resuscitation had failed to generate a pulse or a breath, she screamed for Asa

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thank Bob for Ebay because...

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I also went through an "Oprah Book Club" phase...hehe I have all of the books up to...A Million Little Pieces, which I am glad I didn't buy. I read it, hated it, didn't finish it. I also didn't finish Midwives. It wasn't that it was a bad book, but it kind of drug on to me. I read about half of it. I made myself a deal that if I didn't enjoy a book by halfway through, that I would put it down. It seems like I should have finished it based on your above comment. Maybe someday I will pick it back up.

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I loved this book as well. He has another book out, The Double Bind, that I can't wait to get my hands on.