reitabookaday 's review for:

The Midwife's Apprentice by Karen Cushman

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I thought it was thought provoking. Here is a girl who thought she was nothing because of her circumstances. She was given an opportunity and was grateful; but I think she was getting mixed signals from the midwife. The midwife (you find out later in the the story) that she wanted the apprentice to learn more and do more, but the midwife never gave that impression. Her triumph over the apprentice when she delivered a difficult baby or when Alyce was called on and she was not, gave the impression that she was jealous of Alyce. I did not think that she wanted her to grow at all until she showed up at the Inn and made the comments she did.