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Genre: Clean Historical Christian Romance, Dual Timeline | Age: Adult (18+) | Buy: Amazon or BookShop | ⭐See star rating

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Bertie takes in a young pregnant woman. 30 years later, Reese helps Walker when he is searching for his birth mother.

Personal Review:

I originally put this book on my TBR list because I was in the mood for stories with midwives. Other than that, I didn’t know what to expect from this book and I was completely blown away. I absolutely loved it, even though it made me cry 3 different times (I was in the mood for that, though, so it was perfect timing).

Bertie Jenkins is our midwife from the 1940s. Her story with Songbird, a pregnant girl who stumbles onto their property, is so good. I loved the peek into old-time mountain “off-grid” living, the herbs and gardening, the unique personalities of each of Bertie’s sisters, and how their love of Songbird grew while she stayed with them.

Reese is our midwife from the 1970s and I absolutely loved her character. She was steady and accepting of her circumstances and those around her (I feel like all good midwives are). And I think I may have missed my calling as a midwife to hippies. I loved when Reese made house calls, so interesting.

Walker is the man who connects these two timelines and his journey is kind of wild. It was about 75% into the book that things really start to come together and I started crying my eyes out every time I read it. But what a beautiful story. I was not expecting this dual timeline masterpiece, or that I would love it so much.

I probably wouldn’t read it in late pregnancy, there is one possible trigger scene. But overall it was clean and meaningful and a really great look into a couple of different cultures I have never really read about before. There is also a beautiful adoption story line that I was really beautiful. Loved it!

Happy reading!

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