Rosina, the Midwife

by Jessica Kluthe

Finalist for a 2014 Alberta Literary AwardBetween 1870 and 1970, 26 million Italians left their homeland and travelled to places like Canada, Australia and the United States, in search of work. Many of them never returned to Italy. Against this historic backdrop comes the story of Rosina, a Calabrian matriarch, who worked as a midwife in an area where only one doctor served three villages. She was also the only member of the Russo family to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1927366119
• ISBN13: 9781927366110
• Release Date: March 2013
• Publisher: Brindle & Glass
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 6.9"