Cara Muhlhahn is an awesome woman, a homebirth midwife who has been working in New York City for over 30 years. Her story is great, but her book was not as great. There were many facts and opinions about the medical community, how she had experienced it and statistics that just seemed to be repeated over and over. I really wanted more FEELING and less of the narrative, which got a little hard to get through at times because it seemed disconnected from the passion that drives her to do her work. I would have liked more stories of babies and mothers she has worked with. It was an interesting read because of the subject matter - something I am extremely interested in - but I have read other midwife memoirs that I would much more highly recommend.