The book of the unnamed midwife plot6/3/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() In post-apocalyptic Chicago, society is divided into five factions: Candor (the honest), Abnegation (the selfless), Dauntless (the brave), Amity (the peaceful), and Erudite (the intelligent). The book has been praised for its depiction of female characters who are strong and capable, as well as compassionate. The Book of the Unnamed Midwife has many parallels to The Road by Cormac McCarthy, albeit with an obvious (and very welcome) feminist twist to the tale. But this midwife is guiding more than childbirth: the fate of civilisation is at stake. In the wake of a deadly pandemic that has wiped out most of the world’s population-and made childbirth a regularly fatal affair-a lone midwife attempts to ply her trade, helping women give birth and keep their babies safe in a world where almost everyone is infertile. The Book of the Unnamed Midwife by Meg Elison ![]()
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