Synopsis
The summer that Viney is eleven years old is extraordinary. It takes her out of school and puts her under the wing of Missy Violet, a well-loved midwife whose wise and warm ways help teach Viney about the business of catchin’ babies. Suddenly, Viney must learn about roots and herbs and their medicinal purpose, understand the contents of Missy Violet’s birthin’ bag,” and contend with a snooty peer and wild, irrepressible cousinCharles Elister Paxton Nehemiah Windbush. And all this before she actually helps to deliver a single baby! At turns scary, funny, and exhilarating, the rhythm of Viney’s rural life in the South quickens as she embraces her apprenticeship and finds her own special place as Missy Violet’s best helper girl.” Hot jiggetty!
About Barbara Hathaway
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Barbara Hathaway was born in Harlem, New York. Missy Violet and Me is based on the recollections of her mother, who often spoke glowingly of a relative who served as midwife to the southern community in which she grew up during the 1930s. Ms. Hathaway, a retired healthcare worker, was also inspired by the nurse midwives at the Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, with whom she was privileged to work for several years. Ms. Hathaway lives in Westchester County, New York, with her family.
Published May 25, 2004
by HMH Books for Young Readers.
112 pages
Genres:
Travel, Children's Books, Literature & Fiction.
Fiction
