Novel "The Birth House" set in Scotts Bay Nova Scotia - author Ami McKay

 Found a Scotts Bay Facebook page here:  Scott's Bay and Cape Split | Facebook

"The Birth House" was published in February 2006 by Ami McKay a transplant from the USA .. here:

The Birth House by Ami McKay | Goodreads

Amy's website here:  The Birth House'

Amy on Substack

:  The Cure for Longing | Ami McKay | Substack

Amy on Youtube:  Ami McKay - YouTube

Amy on Wiki:  Ami McKay - Wikipedia

Ami on Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia:  Ami McKay – Writers’ Federation of Nova Scotia

Amy at Ross Creek Centre:  Ami McKay - Ross Creek Centre for the Arts

Transatlantic Agency Ami:  Transatlantic is delighted to welcome Ami McKay!  – Transatlantic Agency

"Ami McKay (she/her) is the author of three bestselling novels – The Birth House; The Virgin Cure; and The Witches of New York; as well as the yuletide novella, Half Spent Was The Night. She began her career as a freelance radio journalist, writing and producing radio documentaries for CBC Radio and NPR. Her memoir, Before My Time, won both the Robbie Robertson Book Award and the Evelyn Richardson non-fiction award. She lives in the Sipekne’katik region of Mi’kma’ki (Scots Bay, Nova Scotia) where she is currently writing her next novel, The Dangerous Age. 

Ami is represented by Samantha Haywood.

Welcome, Ami! "

Ami McKay's novel The Birth House being adapted for TV

"The Birth House is the story of Dora Rare, the first daughter to be born in five generations of Rares. As a child in an isolated village in Nova Scotia, she is drawn to Miss Babineau, an outspoken Acadian midwife with a gift for healing. Dora becomes Miss B.'s apprentice, and together they help the women of Scots Bay through infertility, difficult labours, breech births, unwanted pregnancies and even unfulfilling sex lives. Filled with details as compelling as they are surprising, The Birth House is an unforgettable tale of the struggles women have faced to have control of their own bodies and to keep the best parts of tradition alive in the modern world of medicine. (From Knopf Canada)

The Birth House was championed by Debbie Travis during Canada Reads 2011."

Some happy campers in the bay..

Old cottage by the bay surrounded with rose bushes... 

Well.. who doesn't dream of having a sweet little cottage by the sea?  

For some its a dream come true... "Cottage by the Sea" sounds like a good name for a blog....

some more photography in Nova Scotia's Scotts Bay found here:  love this life blogger ..

Ami's book was recommended to me by a friend in B.C. who had heard of the book and suggested it to me [he was originally from Nova Scotia himself] .. so I purchased Ami's book in the summer of 2007 and read it.. and enjoyed it.. and then gave it away to a friend of family that was visiting Scott Bay... at one point I had hoped to meet Ami and get her to sign my book [things that never happened though...].. expectations are one thing; reality is another.

CBC had published an article about the book being adapted for TV back in 2019.. is there any news on that happening yet?  Ami McKay's novel The Birth House being adapted for TV

CBC has given a lot of coverage to Ami McKay as it turns out.. having boosters sure helps a lot.