Petersheim, J. (2014). The Midwife. Carol Stream, Illinois: Tyndale House Publishers.
Well, Jolina has done it again. Since I finished The Outcast, I have been waiting for her sophomore novel, The Midwife. She did not disappoint. Once again, Jolina (I will always refer to this author by her first name since she is a friend of mine) enters the Tennessean Mennonite community as the backdrop for The Midwife. Like The Outcast, Jolina takes on multiple personas to create a story that is told from the mid 1990's and today.
The narrators include Roda--the head midwife at Hopen House, a place for young unwed mothers who is keeping a long and dark secret--Beth--a graduate assistant, who is a surrogate for her professor and narrates from the past--and Amelia--a teenager who is the newest resident at Hopen House with an undiscovered past of her own. Each narrator has a distinct and independent voice.
Since I teach high school English, I frequently get asked about books. I read a wide range of literature. I created this blog as part of a graduate class (Children and Young Adult Literature); I decided to keep this blog open after the class finished.
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The Fault in Our Stars
Green, J. (2012) The fault in our stars. New York: Dutton Books.
First I want to day that I have not seen The Fault in Our Stars movie yet. My twelve-year-old cousin leant me her copy of John Green's young adult novel. I have seen a lot of my students reading this book lately. And with a title that alludes to Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, how could I resist? After reading The Fault in Our Stars, I look forward to both watching the movie and reading some of Green's other works.