Published in: March-April 2011 issue.
Annabel
by Kathleen Winter
Grove Press, Black Cat. 480 pages, $14.95 (paper)
ON THE MORNING that Wayne Blake entered the world, the midwife, Thomasina Baikie, did what came naturally: she checked to see if the baby was male or female, and was shocked to discover that the baby appeared to be both. After tending to the mother, Jacinta, Thomasina broke the news to the new father.
