Kavenna, Joanna. <br/><br/>
The birth of love / 
Joanna Kavenna. 
 - London :  Faber and Faber,  2010. 
 - 309 p. ;  22 cm. 
<br/><br/> In Vienna, 1865, a phyisican is ridiculed for his claim that unwashed doctor's hands are the cause of childhood fever. In present day London, a young woman plans for a home birth, unprepared for the trials she is about to endure. Somewhere in 2153, when humans are birthed and raised in breeding farms, a woman is on trial for concealing a pregnancy. -- from publisher's description. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>057124517X (pbk.) 9780571245178 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Childbirth--Fiction.<br/>Motherhood--Fiction.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>823.92  / KAV 2010