The Complete Works of Mrs McKiever: Midwife and Herbal Healer

By 1799 Mrs. McKeiver had lived in the Hills for twenty-one years time enough to be an accepted midwife and herbal healer. Widowed now she cares for her brilliant twenty-year-old son crippled when a child. In addition she cooks for the poor with donated food as Poor Relief bread alone is insufficient. This annoys the Bishop furious that the Reverend Reeves delivers it and lets the poor grow food on Glebe Farm. She is regularly faced with mysterious pregnancies plus children being abused by their parents and carers. However she cannot go on without a husbands support. Funnily enough he has been waiting.