The interest in alternative medicine, which includes herbal supplements and treatments, has grown enormously in the past few decades. The treatments used in this novel may be historically accurate, but they are not suggested for modern use; instead, readers should combine research of contemporary herbal medications with standard medical advice from their physicians and other trained healthcare providers.
I hope The Midwife’s Choice will place midwifery and herbal treatments in historical perspective. This can help readers see the beginnings of and changes in modern medical practice and treatments, but it can also help to document the active role of our foremothers—women who guided new generations into this world and comforted and cared for them when they became ill—and the very real existence of a sisterhood that bound women to one another for the good of us all.
God bless.
Delia Parr is the author of sixteen historical and inspirational historical romance novels, including The Midwife’s Tale, Hearts Awakening, Love’s First Bloom, and Hidden Affections. The mother of three grown children, she was a longtime high school teacher in southern New Jersey before retiring to Florida’s sunny west coast. In between visits to her grandchildren in several different states, she spends her time writing and volunteering alongside other women who share a bond of sisterhood as sisters of faith.
Books by Delia Parr
AT HOME IN TRINITY
The Midwife’s Choice
HEARTS ALONG THE RIVER
Hearts Awakening
Love’s First Bloom
Hidden Affections
A Hearth in Candlewood
Refining Emma
Where Love Dwells
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