Often laugh-out-loud funny and irreverent, occasionally disturbing and deeply sorrowful, LADY'S HANDS, LION'S HEART is the saga of Ms. Leonard's fated journey as a young midwife. Her story intertwines three threads: her dedication to the mothers and babies she was groomed to attend; the growing renaissance, despite formidable opposition, of the profession of midwifery in New Hampshire and then in the United States; and finally, a powerful, tragic love story.

Lady's Hands, Lion's Heart: A Midwife's Saga

Biographies & Memoirs

Leonard, Carol

Community & Culture

Bad Beaver Publishing

Carol Leonard had been a midwife for over 30 years when she experienced a little "blip" in her career and wandered off in a completely unexpected direction. This book is a screamingly funny account of one woman's postmenopausal experience of being in Beauty School. "Outrageous and whip-smart."

The Beauty Girls: A Floundering Woman's Midlife Career Change to Beauty School

Arts & Literature

Maiden, Mother, or Crone-where does a woman in her forties fit in?Women who have turned to feminist spirituality for appreciation of women's ways of knowing have struggled with the confining concept of the Triple Goddess. Though no longer raising children, a woman may not yet be ready to be a "wise old woman." The Women's Wheel of Life offers a new archetype for this woman-the Matriarch.The Matriarch is the Queen of the Harvest-reaping the rewards of sustained work and effort, at the height of her sexual and professional power. Elegantly self-possessed, fueled by an intensity and direction, she is poised to rekindle the passions, dreams and spiritual pursuits of youth. She represents the challenge facing midlife women today-how to reap the harvest of one's work and make time for new creative and personal explorations.The Matriarch is but one of thirteen empowering archetypes presented in this book. From Daughter to Blood Sister, Mother to Amazon, Sorceress to Crone, this groundbreaking work reveals the grand pattern of women's lives, rich and complex, beautiful and mysterious.

The Women's Wheel of Life

Religion & Spirituality

Davis, Elizabeth

New Age & Spirituality

A midwife and a wild, industrious French Canadian builder embark on building their dream homestead on 400 acres of wilderness in DownEast, Maine. The results are poignant, educational and most often...hilarious. Follow Carol Leonard and her husband, Tom Lajoie's informative and funny journey as they build their sustainable homestead, Bad Beaver Farm in Ellsworth, Maine.

Bad Beaver Tales: Love and Life on a New Sustainable Homestead in DownEast Maine, Volume I ~ The Cunnin' Camp

Memoirs

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Lady's Hands, Lion's Heart: A Midwife's Saga

The Beauty Girls: A Floundering Woman's Midlife Career Change to Beauty School

The Women's Wheel of Life

Bad Beaver Tales: Love and Life on a New Sustainable Homestead in DownEast Maine, Volume I ~ The Cunnin' Camp