Summary

In “The Midwife,” a female artist named G lived wild years in the city when she was young. Over time, her life became more conventional (44). She earned a name for herself, got married, had a child, and moved into “a large house in a fashionable neighborhood” (44). Sometimes she thought the architect had designed the house with specific lifestyle activities in mind. The walls were covered in her husband’s framed photographs of their daughter, which G did not like.

G kept the studio in the city she had had since her youth (46). It reminded her of her early days as an artist. She moved away from her parents and country at a young age. She could have stopped talking to them, but felt desperate for their love and approval although they disdained her artistic lifestyle (48). For years, she worked and lived...