The Orphan Mother
New York : Grand Central Publishing, 2016.
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: 312 pages ; 24 cm
In the years following the Civil War, Mariah Reddick, former slave to Carrie McGavock the "Widow of the South"-has quietly built a new life for herself as a midwife to the women of Franklin, Tennessee. But, as they are through much of the South, changes are sweeping through the town and coming for Mariah.
Subjects:
African American women -- Fiction.
Midwives -- Fiction.
Tennessee -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction.
African American women -- Fiction.
Midwives -- Fiction.
Tennessee -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction.
ISBN:
0446581763