Reminding us, as Dora notes, that the miracle happens not in birth but in the love that follows.” - The THE BIRTH HOUSE is compelling and lively, beautifully conjuring a close-knit community and “From the beginning of Ami McKay’s debut novel, THE BIRTH HOUSE, we know we’re in for a bit of The UK-THE BIRTH HOUSE is an unforgettable tale of women banding together to defend their traditionsĪnd create change in a world dominated by the politics of men. Filled with compelling historic events and surprising detail-Ĭhildbirth in the aftermath of the Halifax Explosion unconventional relief efforts during the Spanish FluĮpidemic in Boston shared activism between the women’s suffrage movements in Canada, the US and In a clash between traditionĪnd science, Dora finds herself fighting to protect the rights of women as well as the wisdom of the old New medical doctor and his promises of progress and fast, painless childbirth. During the turbulent World War I era, uncertainty and upheaval accompany the arrival of a brash Outspoken Acadian midwife Miss Babineau, Dora learns to assist the women of a rural Nova ScotiaĬommunity through infertility, difficult labours, breech births, unwanted pregnancies, and unfulfilling sex HOUSE is the story of Dora Rare, the first daughter in five generations of Rares. Creative team Sherry White ( Maudie, Little Dog, Ten Days in the Valley, Frontier) and Kerri MacDonald (Frontier, Little Dog, Republic of Doyle) are on board to develop the television series adaptation.Īn arresting portrait of the struggles that women have faced for control of their own bodies, THE BIRTH Omnifilm Entertainment has secured the rights to the #1 Canadian and international bestseller, THE BIRTH HOUSE (Penguin Random House Canada)-authored by Ami McKay and inspired by the real-life Scots Bay midwife heroine, Esther Rebecca Steele.

Sherry White, Kerri MacDonald and Omnifilm Entertainment adapting Ami McKay’s, THE BIRTH HOUSE. The news first went out this morning via Playback Online, (“Canada’s production, broadcasting and interactive media destination”) and this afternoon on TV-Eh? but for those not normally in the TV/Film news stream, (myself included) I’m posting the entire press release below. I’ve been dying to make this announcement for awhile now, and it looks like today’s the day.

The Knopf Canada cover of The Birth House by the fabulous Kelly Hill

The birth house by ami mckay