Significance of the Title

The title Birth is simple but rich in meaning.

• The literal birth. On the surface it names the central event: the difficult delivery of the Morgans' long-awaited first child, born lifeless and then brought back to breathing life.
• A second, figurative birth. The word applies just as truly to the child's revival — a baby given up as stillborn is, in effect, born a second time under Andrew's hands. …