Motherwit: An Alabama Midwife's Story (Plume)
by Onnie Lee Logan, Katherine Clark
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Author: Katherine Clark, Onnie Lee LoganEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1991-01-30
ISBN: 0452265568
Number of pages: 192
Publisher: Plume
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Book Review: A Life in Review
Summary: 5 Stars
This book reminded me of the question, "If someone wrote your life story, would anyone read it?"
Well, here is one person who lived a rather normal life and her story is no great Earth shaking drama, just her getting on with her life and doing what God wants her to do. From the book cover, ect., a lot of people want to read her story, so, in as much as we are all special and do special things in our lives, maybe not worthy of great notice, but worthy of note, yes, if someone wrote about any of us, people would want to read it.
Ms. Logan tells about her life growing up, becoming a midwife and how she learned to midwife the best. She had the great privilege and advantage of wonderful parents who taught her to live by God's word, be humble, giving and to not try to be 'white'.
There are some seriously sad parts in this story, but they are part and parcel of being black and human in this country. The most important part of her story is what she wanted to pass on to future generations on how to be a better midwife. She had learned a lot from God's directions (when she needed some, He gave her some directions) and from her own experiences.
All in all, she has had a wonderful life and is glad to have lived it. This book is a joy to read.
Summary of Motherwit: An Alabama Midwife's Story (Plume)
Born around 1910 in Alabama, Onnie Lee Logan was in her 70s when she reluctantly slowed her lifework as a midwife. In this remarkable, electric oral history of a woman, a time, and a place, she passes on stories of the women whose babies she "caught," unnerving folk remedies for female troubles, and the faith and "motherwit" she drew on as babies made their way toward the world. What little bitterness she shows is aimed at the sorry ways that blacks were treated by whites during much of her life. "I don't remember a single doctor deliverin a black baby at home," she says. "...Cause if they sent for him the baby woulda been there and probably some of em walkin befo' he got there." Interviewer Katherine Clark stitches together the flow of words seamlessly without cleaning them up; Logan comes across as a garrulous old friend rocking on the porch, whiling away a hot afternoon in talk.South Books
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