{"product_id":"the-runaway-midwife-9780062467300","title":"The Runaway Midwife","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the \u003cem\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of the Hope River series comes a new contemporary midwife novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSay \"goodbye\" to your old life, and \"hello\" to the life you've been waiting for...\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMidwife Clara Perry is accustomed to comforting her pregnant patients...calming fathers-to-be as they anxiously await the birth of their children...ensuring the babies she delivers come safely into the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut when Clara's life takes a nosedive, she realizes she hasn't been tending to her own needs and does something drastic: she runs away and starts over again in a place where no one knows her or the mess she's left behind in West Virginia. Heading to Sea Gull Island--a tiny, remote Canadian island--Clara is ready for anything. Well, almost. She left her passport back home, and the only way she can enter Canada is by hitching a ride on a snowmobile and illegally crossing the border. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDeciding to reinvent herself, Clara takes a new identity--Sara Livingston, a writer seeking solitude. But there's no avoiding the outside world. The residents are friendly, and draw \"Sara\" into their lives and confidences. She volunteers at the local medical clinic, using her midwifery skills, and forms a tentative relationship with a local police officer. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut what will happen if she lets down her guard and reveals the real reason why she left her old life? One lesson soon becomes clear: no matter how far you run, you can never really hide from your past.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHarman, Patricia:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003ePatricia Harman, CNM, got her start as a lay midwife on rural communes and went on to become a nurse-midwife on the faculties of Ohio State University, Case Western Reserve University, and West Virginia University. She is the author of two acclaimed memoirs and three novels: the bestselling \u003cem\u003eThe Midwife of Hope River, The Reluctant Midwife \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eThe Runaway Midwife\u003c\/em\u003e. She has three sons and lives near Morgantown, West Virginia.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William Morrow \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50459910766866,"sku":"9780062467300","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ef31e1d3-e2f1-4a00-8ed2-c1b206c1b008.jpg?v=1730014435","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-runaway-midwife-9780062467300","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}