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In a small village in medieval England, a young homeless girl acquires a home and a new career when she becomes the apprentice to a sharp-tempered midwife.

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In 1849, 12-year-old Lucy is distraught when her mother moves the family from Massachusetts to a small California mining town. Lucy helps run a rough boarding h