Video Interview & Book Trailer

Jonathan Odell writes: "In 2002, I had the honor of sitting down with Mrs. Willie Turner of Midnight, Mississippi, a retired midwife. At the time, she was 91 years old and eager to talk about the profession she loved and felt she was called by God to do:"

Listen to the interview: http://www.bookbrowse.com/author_interviews/full/index.cfm/author_number/2120/jonathan-odell

Watch the trailer for The Healing: http://www.bookbrowse.com/reviews/index.cfm/book_number/2656/the-healing

Thanks so much for sharing these fascinating pieces. So glad that you made these available to us, wish I had watched before I read the novel. Mrs. Turner could literally be Polly's voice.

What a special interview, and what an special woman. I recommend this to all.

Thanks for sharing this informative information. It shows the detail of research the author did to ensure he was telling his story as best he could.

The most incredible thing to me was keeping in mind a 21st century white man could write so poignantly about this period in history, told totally from black slaves' perspective. I will not forget The Healing with all its wonderful characters, and can honestly say it evoked more emotions in me than the truly moving story in The Help.