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Page 155
They had nobody to look after them , they were tied by them from morning to night
, forced to forget everything else for sake of the white bundle , sacrifice everything
for it . And Alberta felt mutinous . She thought : I ' m not ready with myself yet , I ...
They had nobody to look after them , they were tied by them from morning to night
, forced to forget everything else for sake of the white bundle , sacrifice everything
for it . And Alberta felt mutinous . She thought : I ' m not ready with myself yet , I ...
Page 177
Suddenly nauseous and chilled to the bone , the woman turns to the nearest
figure of authority with beseeching eyes and a look. * Suzanne Arms reports that
even as women in the United States are beginning to demand home births ...
Suddenly nauseous and chilled to the bone , the woman turns to the nearest
figure of authority with beseeching eyes and a look. * Suzanne Arms reports that
even as women in the United States are beginning to demand home births ...
Page 178
nearest figure of authority with beseeching eyes and a look on her face that no
one who has ever attended a delivery will forget . It is a look of shock and
disbelief , a statement all its own that woman is never so completely and totally
alone than ...
nearest figure of authority with beseeching eyes and a look on her face that no
one who has ever attended a delivery will forget . It is a look of shock and
disbelief , a statement all its own that woman is never so completely and totally
alone than ...
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Anger and Tenderness | 1 |
The Sacred Calling | 23 |
The Kingdom of the Fathers | 39 |
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