The secret midwife
Lane, Soraya2023
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London, 1995: When on the fiftieth anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz a news broadcast runs an appeal for information on the identity of a midwife who saved hundreds of lives, Emilia knows it is time to finally tell her story. Occupied Poland, 1942: Despite the constant presence of German soldiers in her village, Emilia is allowed certain freedoms as a midwife - the most precious is innocently cycling past Nazi checkpoints to the homes of expectant mothers on her rounds. But Emilia has a secret: for years she's also been visiting the hidden Jewish mothers and working for the resistance - until she is betrayed. Suddenly a prisoner of Auschwitz, Emilia is surrounded by horror and despair. When she is put to work as a midwife in the camp, she realises that she has a chance to bring a small glimmer of hope to the pregnant women of Auschwitz.
Main title:
The secret midwife / Soraya M. Lane.
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Imprint:
Seattle : Lake Union Publishing, 2023.
Collation:
317 pages ; 20 cm.
ISBN:
9781662504068 (pbk)
Dewey class:
823.92FAF
LC class:
PR9619.4.L3564
Local class:
FT PbkF
Language:
English
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BRN:
3586367
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