| View Larger Image | The Blue Cotton Gown: A Midwife's Memoir | Paperbackby Patricia Harman (Author)
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| | Binding: | Paperback | | Publisher: | Beacon Press | | Page Count: | 296 Pages | | Publication Date: | October 01, 2009 | | Sales Rank: | 94,058th |
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A 2008 Indie Next Pick Despite nurse-midwife Patsy Harman’s own financial and personal medical trials, including her private battle with uterine cancer, she devotes herself to her patients’ well-being in all aspects of their lives. They, in turn, tell her intimate stories both heartbreaking and uplifting. |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.5 based on 28 reviews)
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The tapestry of life eloquently written by Penmouse  4 Stars
November 28, 2009
Patricia Harman writes eloquently about the tapestry of life as seen through the eyes of women. Harman shares not only her personal joys and sorrows but expertly interweaves the stories of her female patients while sharing their stories telling about how they survived the same.
Her book is uplifting, sometimes heart wrenching, but always shows how women and their families manage to survive no matter the circumstance.
As stated in other reviews there isn't much written about birthing but there is plenty written about women's health.
Recommend.
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I think this was titled incorrectly by Cassandra Carroll (Hayward, WI)  2 Stars
September 14, 2009
Well if your looking for a memoir about births you will not find it here. If you think all midwife are non interventionist you are in for a surprise as well. The one birth in this book where she writes about at length involves a cascade of interventions that is routinely seen in a hospital birth. Why do you think that might be? because the author and her husband are giving up delivering babies so they decide to induce a first time mother at 39 weeks (an average first time pregnancy goes to 41 weeks plus) and find themselves surprised that her body is not ready to birth her baby. This is not the type of midwife I would want delivering my babies and this was definitely not the book for me.
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The Blue Cotton Gown: A Midwife's Memoir by KCP Linden  5 Stars
April 26, 2009
What an exceptional woman! I wish I knew Patsy. The glimpses into her exam room reminded me to always show compassion to those who sit across from me in this life. I loved her prayer box. I felt the emotion of each of her patients. I recognize their joys, sorrows, and struggles as moms, women, and friends. Patsy echoes my belief that we are all here for a purpose and perhaps that is just to be here for one another--our gift to those we come in contact with daily--for every one of us has our own story, and to quote Patsy--we are all almost normal! Patsy is so caring. I hope to portray her kindness myself. I look forward to her second book!
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The Blue Cotton Gown by Jeanne Norris (Constable, NY USA) 4 Stars
April 20, 2009
Patsy Harman's Blue Cotton Gown is like a sit down chat with your best friend. She interweaves the stories of her patients with stories of what's going on with other health clinic workers and what's happening in her own personal life. She also describes her corner of West Virginia and her vacation get away on Pelle Island in Lake Erie so graphically that you feel right at home there. To read this book is to find a friend who understands you, who you are. Thank you, Patsy
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An easy-to-read memoir by Emily O (East Hills, NY United States)  3 Stars
April 15, 2009
Patricia Harman's memoir, The Blue Cotton Gown, was an easy read. Through the author's intimate depictions of the patients in her OB/GYN clinic, the reader is drawn into this midwife's life. At times, I felt like I was peaking through the window into someone else's life, and not just Patsy's, but the many women she describes in her story, women we not only relate to, but feel for and come to know as if they were our own friends and confidants. Patsy's account was like reading a diary, it was that personal. I did not love her writing style as much as other readers, however. I found it to be a bit choppy, and the story as a whole did not flow as well as some other memoirs I have read. Loss and Found, by Karen Flyer, for example, is a much more compelling story in terms of a plot, and the reader is propelled from chapter to chapter. With The Blue Cotton Gown, I felt at times like I was meandering from chapter to chapter. Overall, I would recommend it to anyone interested in memoirs, or the field of midwifery.
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