The Midwife's Apprentice is an award winning book written by Karen Cushman. The book is set in the Middle Ages and begins with a girl sleeping on a dung pile with no home. A midwife in need of an apprentice ends up taking her in, but it isn't that easy. The midwife is constantly abusing her verbally and shows no love whatsoever towards the girl or her job. When the girl makes a terrible mistake trying to help a woman birth a baby, that is the last straw.
No one was a really huge fan of the book. There were some good parts here and there, but it was pretty dreary over all. It was our last book club of the year so we also had our annual throw down. We selected 10 books out of 14. We have a good selection for the coming year and we are all looking forward to our 4th year of book club.
