The Midwife’s Apprentice

Author Karen Cushman
Narrator Jenny Sterlin
Publisher Recorded Books, Inc.
Publish Date 23 May 2008
Run Time 2 hours and 45 minutes
Format Audio
Genre Children’s / Teenage fiction and true stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: General fiction, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Historical fiction, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Girls and women, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Self-awareness and self-esteem, Children’s / Teenage: General interest.

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Lyrical yet unsentimental, The Midwife's Apprentice won the coveted 1996 Newbery Medal. Filled with striking characters, it paints unforgettable pictures of village life in the Middle Ages, the midwife's craft, and a very remarkable girl's growing independence and pride. Brat has no name, no home, and no shelter against the 14th-century English winter except the foul warmth of a dung heap. So when Jane the Midwife wakes her with a kick and takes the half-starved creature to her cottage, a curious relationship begins. Jane teaches Brat to gather herbs and make the poultices used to ease the pain of childbirth for the village women. The skinny young girl quickly learns to obey the sharp-tongued midwife, and secretly watches Jane practice her art whenever she can. But Jane is also teaching Brat unspoken lessons that will take longer-maybe a lifetime-to master.

Author	Karen Cushman
Narrator	Jenny Sterlin
Duration	2 hours and 45 minutes
Release Date	23 May 2008
ISBN	9781436137034
Format	Audiobook
Publisher	Recorded Books, Inc.
Genre	Children’s / Teenage fiction and true stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: General fiction, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Historical fiction, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Girls and women, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Self-awareness and self-esteem, Children’s / Teenage: General interest
Availability	AU, GB, IE, US

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