THE MIDWIFE’S DILEMMA: BOOK REVIEW
Author: DeliaParr
Publisher:
Bethany House Publishers
Author
bio: Delia Parr is a pen name for the historical
fiction author Mary Lechleidner. Raised
in Pennsuken Township, New Jersey, Parr graduated from Rutgers University. She
is now a high school teacher who has won many prestigious awards for her
historical fiction. She now devotes herself to writing inspirational historical
romance.
My
thoughts: The Midwife’s Dilemma is the third in the “At
Home in Trinity” series. This is my
first time reading Delia Parr, so obviously I did not read the two previous
novels set in Trinity, which did put me at a slight disadvantage.
The story
starts in June of 1831 with the main character of Martha Cade, a seasoned
midwife. She is approximately 40 years
old, but I couldn’t help but picture her as older. This would be appropriate to the time period. Martha is nearing the end of her career. Physically, mentally and even spiritually she
feels like the time has come to slow down the arduous pace of taking care of
the women and children of Trinity, but she will not leave the profession until
she finds the right woman to take over her practice. In the beginning, she has lost her beloved
horse, the bird she has been healing is close to the point where she will have
to release him to nature, her relationship with her daughter is distant, she
barely sees her grown son who lives hundreds of miles away and her best friends
and her beau have been gone on a trip for months longer than planned and a new
doctor in town has taken away some of her patients. Martha seems alone, lonely and lost in the
first part of this book.
Throughout
the rest of the novel, bit by bit and piece by piece, Martha’s life comes
together on all sides. The town of
Trinity grows in color and character.
Her friends and beau return. New
friends come into her life. A mysterious gift shows up at her back door. Big
changes happen in her daughter and son’s lives. Everything around Martha is
blooming. Her big dilemma surrounds her
beau – but I don’t want to ruin the ending!
The first 1/3
of the book I kept thinking I really should have read the first two of the series first – but
as the characters and the town worked
their way into my heart, I realize d that this book is also excellent as a
stand alone (This doesn’t mean, however, that I won’t be reading her the first
two in the series, because I plan to!)
If you like
inspirational Christian historical fiction, definitely pick up this book. I look forward to reading much more by Delia
Parr!
*This book
was provided for review by Bethany House Publishers for my honest review*
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