![]() ![]() Portions of the story are from the midwife's journal, but the majority is a third-person account, some of which gives details that the midwife could not have known about at the time, possibly not even later. I'll get to what the series title means later, but will say now that the title of The Book of the Unnamed Midwife is slightly inaccurate. The second book was a finalist for the same award this year. That is given to the best novel published in the US as an original paperback. The first book in Meg Elison's Road to Nowhere series won the Philip K. It's all about different perspectives, different emotional resonances, different ways various authors develop the theme. ![]() That's true to an extent, but genre fiction thrives on tropes and common themes. It could be said there's nothing new here, there have been many stories of this nature already. Sometimes the depiction of tragedy is necessary, and can be as meaningful as a more optimistic narrative. Not all well written books are pleasant experiences, but they can still be compelling. ![]()
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