| International Standard Book Number |
9781420539912
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| Personal Name |
Peters, Amanda.
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| Title Statement |
The birthing tree : [large print] a novel / Amanda Peters.
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| Edition Statement |
Large print ed.
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| Imprint |
[Farmington, Mich.] : Thorndike Press/Gale, 2026.
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| Physical Description |
407 p. (large print) ; 23 cm.
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| Series Statement |
Thorndike Press large print top shelf.
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| Summary, Etc. |
"Born under the shadow of a birthing tree sacred to generations of Mi'kmaq women, Aliet Paul grows up outside a small Nova Scotia town with her fierce, loving grandmother Kiju. Her mother died bringing Aliet into the world under that very tree; her father remains a mystery no one will name. Aliet's childhood is shaped by seasonal apple pickers, the medicinal wisdom of the old ways, and the quiet, steadfast presence of John, a boy who becomes her anchor. But the world beyond their community is changing. Traditional midwifery is condemned, prejudice deepens, and when the wrong person witnesses a birth, the consequences are disastrous. As Aliet comes of age, she navigates love, loss, and a personal tragedy that veers her from the path her grandmother wanted for her. She becomes a nurse trained in modern medicine, yet she carries Kiju's teachings close, tucked beside memories of the tree that once welcomed new life. Years later, when the call comes that Kiju has died, Aliet returns home to a crumbling house, a community scattered, and a past she thought she'd outrun. As Aliet restores the house room by room, something inside her stirs awake: the threads of her lineage, the old ways of her grandmother, and the mystery of her own bloodline. As Aliet digs to uncover who her family really is, each revelation pulls her deeper into a web of long-guarded silences, dangerous loyalties, and generational wounds that refuse to stay buried: Someone knew the truth about her mother's final moments. Someone knew what happened in the orchard all those years ago. And someone wants the past to remain undisturbed. Spanning decades of loss and reclamation, this sweeping yet intimate novel follows one woman's journey to protect the land, the traditions, and the memory of the women who came before her--and to decide which parts of her inheritance she will carry into the future"--Provided by the publisher.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Mothers Death Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Loss (Psychology) Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Grief Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Family secrets Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Grandmothers Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Mothers and daughters Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Psychological fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Traditional medicine Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Midwifery Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Indigenous peoples Nova Scotia Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Micmac women Fiction.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Large print books.
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