(I had this book at home -a gift from my wife - and grabbed it when I realized the book From the Center of the Earth is a collection of mostly fiction stories)
two months into her service, Erdman is rushed to a woman in labor
wow, she sees the baby through its mothers skin
sees a naked woman who is circumcised
I'm glad to be reading a female PC account; different POV, different access
culture - they bury the placenta, they ignore the colostrum
she ends the chapter by claiming she will use this book to answer the question, "What was Africa like?"
I notice she does not include her training - by the end I see that she excludes many details not directly related to her village
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