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Pub. Date
2015.
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"It is 1880 and Gracy Brookens is the only midwife in a small Colorado mining town where she has delivered hundreds, maybe thousands, of babies in her lifetime. She is a gifted and important resource for the women of her hardscrabble community, a position earned through wisdom and trust. Most women in Swandyke couldn't even imagine getting through their pregnancy and labor without Gracy by their sides. But everything changes when a baby is found dead...and...
Author
Series
Temperance Brennan mysteries volume 15
Description
Forensic anthropologist Tempe Brennan examines the bodies of three babies while Detective Ryan investigates their mother in a case with ties to the high-stakes world of diamond mining.
3) Plain truth
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Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
699 p. (large print) : 23 cm.
Description
Jodi Picoult has touched readers deeply with her acclaimed novels, such as -- Plain Truth is a triumph of contemporary storytelling. Jodi Picoult presents a fascinating portrait of Amish life rarely witnessed by those outside the faith-and discovers a place where circumstances are not always what they seem, where love meets falsehood, and where relationships grow strong enough to span two worlds.
5) Beloved
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Staring unflinchingly into the abyss of slavery, this spellbinding novel transforms history into a story as powerful as Exodus and as intimate as a lullaby. Sethe, its protagonist, was born a slave and escaped to Ohio, but eighteen years later she is still not free. She has too many memories of Sweet Home, the beautiful farm where so many hideous things happened. And Sethe's new home is haunted by the ghost of her baby, who died nameless and whose...
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"He is America?s most prolific serial killer. And yet Kermit Gosnell was no obvious criminal. The abortion doctor was a pillar of his community, an advocate for women?s “reproductive health,” and a respected member of Philadelphia?s professional elite. His Women?s Medical Society Clinic looked like admirable community outreach by a brave doctor committed to upholding women?s rights. Meanwhile, inside the filthy building, Gosnell was casually murdering...
Publisher
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (ca. 284 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Beloved: On a journey to find freedom, Sethe is confronted by the secrets that have haunted her for years. Then, an old friend from out of her past reenters her life. With his help, Sethe may finally be able to rediscover who she is and regain her lost sense of hope.
Their eyes were watching God: A drama set in the 1920s, where free-spirited Janie Crawford's search for happiness leads her through several different marriages, challenging the mores...
Publisher
Alliance Entertainment DVD
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Tells the story of the police investigation and subsequent trial of Kermit Gosnell, a physician and abortion provider, who was convicted of killing four people, including three infants born alive during abortion procedures he performed.
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