{"product_id":"a-midwifes-tale-by-laurel-thatcher-ulrich-9780679733768","title":"A Midwife's Tale","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDrawing on the diaries of a midwife and healer in eighteenth-century Maine, this intimate history illuminates the medical practices, household economies, religious rivalries, and sexual mores of the New England frontier.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePULITZER PRIZE WINNER.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDrawing on the diaries of one woman in eighteenth-century Maine, \u003cem\u003eA truly talented historian unravels the fascinating life of a community that is so foreign, and yet so similar to our own\u003c\/em\u003e (\u003cem\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBetween 1785 and 1812 a midwife and healer named Martha Ballard kept a diary that recorded her arduous work (in 27 years she attended 816 births) as well as her domestic life in Hallowell, Maine. On the basis of that diary, Laurel Thatcher Ulrich gives us an intimate and densely imagined portrait, not only of the industrious and reticent Martha Ballard but of her society.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAt once lively and impeccably scholarly, \u003cem\u003eA Midwife's Tale\u003c\/em\u003e is a triumph of history on a human scale.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48147209715948,"sku":"9780679733768","price":47.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780679733768-a-midwife-s-tale.jpg?v=1786445825","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/a-midwifes-tale-by-laurel-thatcher-ulrich-9780679733768","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}