It is 1870s Ogden, Utah, and the obstetrical practices of the day are primitive, sometimes brutal, and often life-threatening to mothers and infants. Repulsed by a barbaric approach to delivering babies and cariing for mothers, eighteen-year-old Hannah Childress is forced to assume responsibility in the midst of a difficult delivery. In doing so, she not only confronts a terrifying experience, but discovers her life's calling.
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