Aibala. The Story of a Midwife

From the author of «Salikhat» — the novel winner of the national literary award «Manuscript of the Year». 1986. Dagestan. A mountain village. Aibala — the third of four daughters of the local midwife, she is unattractive and believes that... she will never get married. Aibala helps her mother — she knows how to deliver babies and ease women's pain. Her destiny is to become a midwife in her village, but Aibala wants to continue her studies and learn obstetrics. Escaping from home, she will go through a difficult path from a nurse in a rehabilitation center for pregnant women affected by the Chernobyl disaster to a student of a medical college and a certified midwife. But the circle of fate will intricately close — and Aibala will return to her native village to find not only the desired profession but also personal happiness.