A Midwife's Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812 by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

A Midwife's Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812

Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

352 pages first pub 1990 (editions) user-added

nonfiction biography history emotional slow-paced
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WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE Drawing on the diaries of one woman in eighteenth-century Maine, this intimate history illuminates the medical practices, household economies, religious rivalries, and sexual mores of the New England frontier. Between ...

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informative 100%
inspiring 37%
reflective 37%
challenging 20%
emotional 12%
sad 12%
adventurous 8%
relaxing 8%
funny 4%
hopeful 4%
lighthearted 4%

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slow 40%

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