“A Midwife in Amish Country is a tale for hopeful teenage girls, for nostalgic menopausal women, for child-bearing and child-rearing mothers. It’s a book of life—its first breath, its seasons, from its ordinary to its heart-stopping moments, and its endings. In it, Kim Osterholzer tells of the midwife’s creed—to keep out of the way and let women and their families tend to the work of bringing forth new life. But she tells us, too, about her own life as one of these invisible helpers—her dreams of becoming a full-fledged midwife, free of the annoying and inconvenient tendency to nausea at the business of birthing, her fears of hurting a client through ineptness, her own sense of inadequacy for the many roles of her life and of her increasing dependence on the Creator of life. We follow her through her young romance, marriage, the homebirths of her own children, ministry to the church youth group; all the while we come along as she catches babies in a midwifery apprenticeship she describes is much like the birth experience itself—a refining fire.”
—Eleanor Bertin, author of the novel, Lifelines, and Pall of Silence, a memoir
I met Eleanor on Twitter a few springs ago and a kinship sprang up between us immediately! Eleanor is a fellow believer, homebirther, and homeschooler! The summertime after our encounter I tucked her novel with me into a sea kayak and enjoyed it while paddling among the glaciers of Alaska. This summer I’m grieving with her as I make my way through her heart-wrenching memoir. Eleanor’s beautiful review of my book provides an apt snapshot of her heart and skill as a writer.
Thank you, Eleanor, for taking the time to read my book and review it—and thank you so much for your friendship as well! To more of all as our years progress!
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Endorsed by
Stasi Eldredge, NYT best-selling author of Captivating
Dr. Sara Wickham, author, midwifery lecturer and consultant, www.sarawickham.com
Jolina Petersheim, bestselling author of The Midwife
Leslie Gould, #1 best-selling and Christy-award winning author of over twenty books, including The Amish Midwife
Rahima Baldwin Dancy, author of Special Delivery, childbirth activist, and midwife (retired)
Marie Monville, author of One Light Still Shines
Cindy Lambert, coauthor of One Light Still Shines
Elizabeth Davis, CPM, Co-Director of National Midwifery Institute, Inc., elizabethdavis.com, author of Heart & Hands: A Midwife’s Guide to Pregnancy and Birth and the international bestseller, Orgasmic Birth: Your Guide to a Safe, Satisfying, and Pleasurable Birth Experience
Serena B. Miller, award-winning author of More Than Happy: The Wisdom of Amish Parenting, serenabmiller.com
Eleanor Bertin, Lifelines and Pall of Silence
Sara Daigle, author of Women of Purpose and Dare to Love Your Husband Well
Beth Learn, founder of Fit2b.com
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Kim Woodard Osterholzer, Colorado Springs Homebirth Midwife and Author
Books by Kim:
Homebirth: Commonly Asked Questions
A Midwife in Amish Country: Celebrating God’s Gift of Life
Nourish + Thrive: Happy, Healthy Childbearing
One Little Life at a Time: Recommendations + Record Keeping for Aspiring Homebirth Midwives
