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A Midwife's Tale : The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812 Condition:Well Read bestselling author of The PsychologyPULITZER PRIZE WINNER Drawing on the diaries of one woman in eighteenth century Maine, "A truly talented historian unravels the fascinating life of a community that is so foreign, and yet so similar to our own" ( The New York Times Book Review). Between 1785 and 1812 a midwife and healer named Martha Ballard kept a diary that recorded her arduous work (in 27 years she attended 816 births) as well as her domestic life in Hallowell, Maine. On the basis