Midwife Patience Murphy has a gift for escorting mothers through the challenges of bringing children into the world. Working in the hardscrabble conditions of Appalachia during the Depression, she takes jobs that no one else wants. Helping those most in need -- and least likely to pay -- Patience strives to bring light and life into an otherwise hard world. But a successful midwifery practice must be built on a foundation of openness and trust, and the secrets Patience is keeping are far too intimate and fragile for her to let anyone in
