We have 50 copies of Patricia Harman's debut novel, The Midwife of Hope River to giveaway this week.
The Midwife of Hope River tells the story of Patience Murphy, a midwife in West Virginia in the 1930s struggling against disease, poverty, prejudices - and her own haunting past - to bring new life into the world. Thoroughly researched it describes what life was like back then, from the cost of a bag of sugar to the Klu Klux Klan and mining strikes.
Patricia Harman draws on her own experiences of delivering babies in cabins and on communal farms in West Virginia, and later as a nurse-midwife in teaching hospitals and in a community hospital birthing center.
Apply before 10am on Tuesday 12 February and if you receive a copy, come and tell us what you think and post a question to author and midwife Patricia Harman.