Desert Birthright

A Midwife's Memoir

Lori Wrankle

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University of Utah Press,U.S.
31 October 2025

Memoirs; Christian Churches & denominations; Midwifery

The coming-of-age memoir of a homebirth midwife in the desert Southwest. Within these birth stories is a larger story of Wrankle leaving her childhood religion and raising her three children in the culturally harsh and unforgiving landscape of southern Utah.

By: Lori Wrankle
Imprint: University of Utah Press,U.S.
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 140mm,
ISBN: 9781647692483
ISBN 10: 1647692482
Pages: 192
Publication Date: 31 October 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Lori Wrankle is a lay midwife with twenty-five years of experience. She has delivered hundreds of babies, primarily serving Mormon women of southern Utah and northern Arizona.

Reviews for Desert Birthright: A Midwife's Memoir

""Desert Birthright is more than a memoir--it is a hymn to the resilience of the human spirit and the transformative power of faith. In the end, it is not just a story of birth, but of rebirth--a testament to the enduring power of women who labor and rise anew.""--Lindsay Hansen Park, executive director, Sunstone Education Foundation ""An interesting peek into the world of polygamy and its workings. With pleasure and fascination, you can explore the yellow brick road into this realm.""--Phyllis Barber, author of The Precarious Walk