Desert Birthright: A Midwife's Memoir

by Lori Wrankle

192 pages, Paperback

Published November 3, 2025

Reviews

[Claire Leticia · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love memoirs, and this book is a testament as to why I love them. I was so enveloped in Lori's story and couldn't put the book down. Her attentiveness with each birth and the care she brought to these women is something so special, a sacred relationship between two women working together and trusting one another. I learned so much from her expertise about birth and birthing bodies, it was fascinating to read about. To see a practice that centers nurturing, deep listening, trust and respect for women, their bodies, and their babies is so refreshing juxtaposed to the medical industry's treatment of women. Lori's journey from childhood to adulthood, in midwifery and in her own path of leaving her religion and blossoming into her true self is so powerful and inspiring. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and can't wait to read it again!

[Beth Icard · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm going to start counting books in my reading challenge that I copyedited or proofread, when they're available here on Goodreads for me to add in a timely manner. It's only fair. It's a damn lot of reading I'm not including otherwise.

Deeply fascinating book and a pleasure to work on. Can't wait to have my own copy. :)