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jessalynn_librarian 's review for:
The Midwife's Apprentice
by Karen Cushman
While I never fell head-over-heels in love with this book, I can't really find fault with it. We see Alyce go from a nameless, homeless child sleeping in a dung heap, to a girl who's starting to figure what it is she wants from life - and finding out that she wants something more than food in her belly and a place to sleep. The midwife is delightfully acerbic, there is a real sense of the grime and harsh life of a medieval village, the peripheral characters are real and entertaining. Most of all, as much as I think it would appeal to modern kids, I wouldn't describe it as having a modern sensibility. Alyce doesn't go from the dung heap to some exalted life of the mind - she just discovers that midwifery suits her. I believed that she - and the other characters - were of their time, and not modern personalities thrust into a historical setting.
Like I said in my review of Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! the two would go well together.
Like I said in my review of Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! the two would go well together.