Thoroughly entertaining from start to finish. Martha is a force and her husband, Ephraim, oh my…very sexy… despite no real spice in this book. Based on entries from a real life midwife, Martha Ballard.

“I cannot say why it is so important that I make this daily record…if I am being honest-it is because these markings of ink and paper will one day be the only proof that I existed in this world. That I lived and breathed. That I loved a man and the many children he gave me…”