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patricia harman a midwife s song oh freedom a new hope river novel by patricia harman celebrating diversity inclusion and strong women instagram pinterest linkedin facebook twitter goodreads facebook circle twitter circle linkedin circle instagram circle goodreads circle pinterest circle patricia harman home work biography praise appearances contact blog buy patricia harman s books from amazon an independent bookstore barnes noble beacon press see all patricia harman s books memoirs historical fiction and now her first children s book contemporary fiction the runaway midwife the midwife of hope river links read a selection from arms wide open read a selection from the blue cotton gown american college of nurse midwives a midwife s song oh freedom a new hope river novel by patricia harman celebrating diversity inclusion and strong women the author of the bestselling novels about the hope river returns with another moving story about the courage of ordinary people the power of community and the miracle of life it s 1956 the beginning of the civil rights movement in the u s and the middle of the cold war revolutions are happening all over the world on the home front midwives patience and bitsy face personal challenges their young adult children are changing bitsy s adopted son returns from korea wounded in body and spirit patience s daughter is pregnant out of wedlock and danny her son has a problem with booze childbirth in the u s is changing too the midwives who were once called for home deliveries have been overshadowed by the new hospital with its painless childbirth until a few rebel nurses appear and bitsy and patience step forward to help them in the midst of these challenges journals written in the 1850s by grace potts the elder midwife of the hope river begin appearing on patience s porch at night the diaries detail grace s escapes from slavery when she was fifteen who is bringing them and why what do the midwives do now read the journals of course struggle to understand and help their children of course join the civil rights protests on main street of course and sing excerpt from the book chapter 1 january 1956 authorized only a woman s scream no no i can t i won t lordy bitsy says as we push through the glass doors of the newly built hospital in liberty west virginia and are greeted by one arm wetsell a ruddy faced carpenter with short thinning gray hair his name is actually holly wetsell but twenty years ago he lost his lower arm under the roller of a sawmill and it had to be amputated upstairs he says pointing then he follows with the elevator isn t working yet the cries of protest continue no no what have we gotten ourselves into i mutter only thirty minutes ago i d received a call from the desperate nurse are you a midwife can you help us the hospital s not open yet and we don t have a doctor bitsy my partner takes the steps two at a time but i limp a long i don t need a cane anymore but still when going up steps i have to stifle a moan on the second level boxes of supplies and hospital beds without mattresses are everywhere delivery room authorized personnel only says the sign on the green tiled wall for a moment we hesitate we aren t used to hospitals but the door is ajar and another scream follows so we push on through what we see is something out of horror movie an almost naked young woman with long red hair hanging over her face is kneeling on all fours when the next pain hits she leans back and howls like a trapped wolf two nurses dressed in white with white cloth caps and white surgical masks over their lower faces are pulling on the patient trying to get her up on a narrow steel table there are gleaming metal stirrups attached to the table and a searchlight overhead a tray of instruments has been knocked over and a bottle of strong smelling antiseptic is pooled on the floor are you the midwives one of the nurses shouts over the wail of the labor patient thank god you re here she s been out of control since her family dropped her off as you can see we aren t set up for deliveries yet i m head nurse frost by the way and like i said on the phone i ve never delivered a baby we re trying to get her in a hospital gown and up on the table but she s behaving like an animal gretchen already has scratches on her arm get your gol darn hands off me quick as a wink bitsy kneels on the floor in the middle of the mess and whispers something in the girl s ear if the patient even notices bitsy s brown color it doesn t seem to bother her and she stops screaming then the nurses begin to pull on her again stop i order holding up my hand can someone clean up this mess do you have a broom and a mop i hardly think that s a priority says nurse frost the baby s about to come out if that s true we ll need some clean linens but i insist that you not pull on her any longer she s scared and doesn t know what s happening i glance around the room looking for something soft to place on the floor but all i see are gleaming metal instruments knives and scissors of all kinds and a pair of long forceps that i recognize from the ob text my husband dan got me for christmas also on the table are two huge stainless steel bowls full of cotton now why would anyone need that many cotton balls ever thought of running away midwife clara perry under terrible stress actually did it but did she run far enough read this exciting contemporary novel and find out warning lost on hope island the amazing tale of the little goat midwives contains no goblins dragons magic or villains it s about two kids shipwrecked on a desert island and it asks one question if you were there could you survive are you smart enough are you brave enough are you kind enough this is a book for the kid in all of us comments from reviewers snuggling up with the kids to read lost on hope island is just about the best way you could possibly spend your time but reader be forewarned the sweet suspense between chapters will leave you with only two choices to keep everyone up way past bedtime or to endure the almost certain howling protests at any mention of pausing the story christy tyner author of mama midwife a birth adventure i love all of patricia harman s books and i read lost on hope island the amazing tale of the little goat midwives with great enthusiasm i recommend it to everyone who loved living on the earth the people in the story embody the environmental and emotional consciousness i see growing with each new generation alicia bay laurel artist musician and author of living on the earth and being of the sun lost on hope island the amazing tale of the little goat midwives is brilliant story pairing lost and hope with a full range of trouble sorrow love and resourcefulness for two castaway children a very ordinary sister and brother survive disaster and thrive with extraordinary creativity relying on pioneer methods and the deep values of yesteryear patricia harman writes this moving and convincing portrayal from her life experience philip solem author of such a road and owlstones patricia harman cnm has published in the journal of midwifery women s health and the journal of sigma theta tau for nursing scholarship as well as alternative publications her first novel the midwife of hope river was awarded book of the year by the american college of nurse midwives in 2014 harman got her start as a lay midwife on the rural communes where she lived in the 60s and 70s going on to become a nurse midwife on the faculty of ohio state university case western reserve university and west virginia university she lives and works near morgantown west virginia and has three grown sons read more about patricia harman read more about patricia harman loading