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Kate’s 2¢: “Midwives” by Laurie Alice Eakes
“Midwives” by Laurie Alice Eakes
Kate’s 2¢: There is a plethora of in-depth biographies of authors and reviews of their books, that state the title, author, published date, and genre; as well as, describing what the book is about, setting, and character(s), so, Kate’s 2¢ merely shares my thoughts about what I read. I’m just saying…
The Behind Our Eyes, Inc., an international group of writers with disabilities, interviewed Eakes on Sunday, February 7th, during one of their twice-monthly meetings.
“Lady in the Mist” leads the reader on a merry chase as to who is doing what to whom. God and His love win in the end. This historical novel reminds us that not all slaves were black. There were white slaves, too.
“Heart’s Safe Passage”exemplifies how the staunch love of a God fearing Christian woman can bring about a reluctant sea captain’s pursuit of revenge to love again.
“Choices of the Heart”, follows Esther as she runs away as her faith in God is in crisis.
From M. Leona Godin, PhD; Founding editorAromaticaPoetica.com; Writer, Actor, Artist, Educator; DrMLGodin.com:
“…Yes, Blind People Read Books. We Write Them, Too”:
It’s a wonderfully snarky and poignant look at the prejudices blind writers can sometimes face in the publishing world, as well as an informative story of her journey to become a professional author with more than two dozen traditionally published books behind her, and more under contract. Alice is also a great person to talk to about the pros and cons of self-publishing vs. going the traditional publishing-house route, as she also acquired the rights to a few of her early novels and self-published them.
bio
Laurie Alice Eakes (Alice) has wanted to write books since she learned how stories were created. Though her first paid publications were poems, she moved onto novels, winning a National Readers Choice Award for her first published novel, Family Guardian, and garnering some
other accolades along the way like reaching 86 on the Amazon overall top 100 list with The Mountain Midwife. Since the publication of her first book in 2006, she has had over two
dozen books published and has three more scheduled for release over the next year and a half.
Despite honors and publications, and having seven of her books recorded for the commercial audio market, her proudest moment in her career was when NLS Brailled one book and recorded three others. When she isn’t writing, Eakes likes to knit—bad though she is at it—watch TV shows with no intellectual value whatsoever, go for walks with her Seeing Eye Dog, Windy, usually ending up at a coffeeshop, and read, read, read.
She lives eight blocks north of the Chicago city limits, with her husband, a lawyer, and four cats besides their two guide dogs. One way they’ve gotten through the isolation of the pandemic, so far, is to have socially-distanced wine parties with their amazing neighbors.
Many of her books are available on Bookshare, and here are some other
links to learn more about Alice:
Goodreads:
Website:
from NLS/BARD/LOC:
Midwives. Books 1-3 DB97393
Eakes, Laurie Alice. Reading time: 36 hours, 2 minutes.
Read by Cecelia Riddett.
Religious Fiction
Romance
Three novels of inspirational historical romance, written between 2011 and 2013, about midwives in nineteenth-century Virginia. In Lady in the Mist, midwife Tabitha Eckles meets a British nobleman working as an indentured servant. Also includes Heart’s Safe Passage and Choices of the Heart. 2013.