Hathaway, Barbara

Viney looks forward to letters from her friend, Missy Violet, who is away in Florida, while she tries to carry on with their efforts to comfort ailing neighbors, but the loss of her favorite teacher and her cousin Charles's mischievous antics cause Viney further turmoil.

During the early 1900s, eleven-year-old Viney spends her summer working for the local midwife and learns firsthand about birth, death, and "catchin' babies.".