Re-visiting "The Virgin Blue"

After meeting and discussing "The Virgin Blue" with the women in the book club, there were elements of the story that really changed for me. Although I think my feelings on this book are still the same- I was able to gain some new insight to the story.
We discussed what happen to Isabelle- did she die, was she murdered, or did she just leave her husband a family? It seemed to me she was murdered. In the novel the last thing that is written from her point of view was that she discovered the new Hearth and then "everything went black".
Was Ella's affair acceptable being how she was treated and the lack of love from her husband. Also the similarities of the husbands and their role in Isabelle and Ella's lives. There was discussion of the view of the mid-wives and paganism.

I gained a lot more understanding of every ones roles in the story. I still feel that their was a lot of jumping around and it was hard to understand how much time past in the characters lives.