A handsome newcomer with secrets shows a yearning Amish woman a chance at happiness-but their love will need all their courage to keep. . . Grace Blauch is skilled at midwifery-and crafting quilts that help others pass on messages of enduring family love. But a disfiguring birthmark keeps the young Amish woman from a husband and home of her own-until Mark King arrives from another community. His helpfulness and independent nature earn Grace's respect....

"A gripping historical mystery based on the real-life diary entries of Martha Ballard, an 18th-century midwife who found herself at the center of a murder trial"--

Most babies arrive safely without complications, however some do have a more difficult journey into this world. At the Mater Mother’s Hospital there is an expert medical team that specialises in caring for high-risk pregnancies and some of the most delicate types of surgery. Parents from across the southern hemisphere travel here to be treated by the multi-disciplinary team which includes foetal surgeons, sonographers, neonatologists, nurses, and...

An Instant New York Times Bestseller!
“Lapvona flips all the conventions of familial and parental relations, putting hatred where love should be or a negotiation where grief should be . . . Through a mix of witchery, deception, murder, abuse, grand delusion, ludicrous conversations, and cringeworthy moments of bodily disgust, Moshfegh creates a world that you definitely don’t want to live in, but from which you can’t...

When she becomes pregnant again, young Fleetwood Shuttleworth discovers a letter from her doctor to her husband stating that she will not survive another pregnancy. In her despair she turns to a local midwife named Alice who promises she can deliver her child safely, but soon Alice is accused of witchcraft, and Fleetwood sets out to prove her innocence.

Length of gestation: 25 weeks. This is the threshold of viability for premature children. When a baby is born before their due date, the joy of his or her parents is suspended. It is the beginning of a tormented path, made of long waits at the hospital, watching children engaged in a constant fight to survive. THIS SMALL explores the story of parents who walked this path.

The pursuit of dignity for Guatemalan midwives. The documentary explores the challenges that the midwives face as they battle racism and a health establishment that fights to prevent them from providing services. The film shows the important role that these women provide to their communities and profiles their activism aimed at being accepted by the medical system.

The face of birth gives us the big -picture on the importance of how, where and with whom we give birth. Through the diverse and beautiful stories of five women who choose to birth at home, it examines the issues of choice, safety, and empowerment, as well as many other academics, midwives and doctors. A 'must see' film for anyone interested in birth, The face of birth will encourage and inspire all who have been or are about to embark on the journey...