Founded on Ozark superstitions, folk medicines, Cherokee traditions, 19th century obstetrical practices, and the elite lifestyles that characterized New York City’s Gilded Age, THE MIDWIFE’S TOUCH is quintessential Sue Harrison–meticulous research as the perfect foil for the rich inner lives of her odd and beautiful characters.
SHanty Cove Books
All the hallmarks of a Sue Harrison book: immersive sense of place, complex and believable characters, and a great story. A wonderful and original premise is just the icing on the cake.
Janie Chang, International Bestselling Author
I love this novel. Sue Harrison has written a compelling story of a woman with a cursed gift that can help people but can also encourage corrupt, greedy souls.
Priscilla Cogan, National Bestselling Author
This is a character-driven novel and a good one, but it’s also a story of family—both those we’re born to and those we create.
Historical Novels Review
A bewitching woman pursues a new kind of freedom in the exciting historical novel, The Midwife’s Touch.
An odyssey so action-packed I could barely put it down. Whew! What a read!
…thought-provoking . . . intriguing to read….
Entertainment Weekly Article Published on August 24, 1990
Until recently, Sue Harrison was known mostly for making the best bread-and-butter pickles in Pickford, Mich. (pop. 600). Now she is famous for more than that. Doubleday has just gone back for a fifth printing (a total of 100,000 copies) of Mother Earth Father Sky, Harrison’s 313-page novel about the Aleutian peoples in prehistoric times. The publisher gave her a staggering half-million-dollar advance for the book, the first of a projected trilogy, and is spending another $100,000 on publicity.
Join me now in the fire circle. The night presses hard against our backs, but the voices of the ancients leap like flames to scatter the darkness. Listen! Do you hear them?
The Stories are about to begin…
The Alaska Books
