The Borning Room

Chapter 3 🍂🌸🍁... felt each and every word.. felt the wind .. the water.. the scent in the air.. taught me an entirely new way of ‘praying’ .. gives heart so much peace .. I read that chapter again and again ...!......more

I was gifted this book when I was a little girl but never read it until now. I'm so glad I did. It is one that I will never forget!......more

I think it is obvious that I really like this book. There are so many parts of it that reached out to me: customs, birth, death, issue of slavery, old myths and beliefs, etc. The way it moved from beginning to end was so good. I think part of my bias is my involvement with birth, etc. It is simply w......more

This may not have been the best book to read while pregnant (involves a scene of mother/infant death), but it was still an interesting look at new life and death in one family over the course of one girl's lifetime, mostly set during the Civil War era. It's a quick read, so most of the "life story"......more

The Borning Room is a historical novel about Georgina and her family move from New Hampshire to Ohio in the early 1850s. Her father builds a home and ensures that there is a borning room right by the kitchen. In this room, birth and death are the only things that take place. Her mother is with child......more