The secret midwife
CD Audiobook
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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North Bay Public Library | TBCD Lane | 33874005629711 | AV - Talking Book | Reshelving | - |
Record details
- ISBN: 9798400141713
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Physical Description:
7 audio discs : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
sound disc
{talking book]
- Edition: Unabridged.
- Publisher: Grand Haven, Michigan: Brilliance Audio, [2023]
Content descriptions
General Note: | Compact disc. Title from container. |
Participant or Performer Note: | Read by Elizabeth Knowelden. |
Summary, etc.: | "London, 1995: When on the fiftieth anniversary of ... Read More |
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Subject: | Midwives Fiction World War, 1939-1945 Underground movements Poland Fiction Auschwitz (Concentration camp) Fiction |
Genre: | Historical fiction. |
Summary:
"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. Alongside a brave imprisoned doctor, Aleksy, and an innocent outcast, Lena, she comes up with a dangerous plan. A plan that if discovered could mean a fate far worse than death, but if they act undetected, they could save countless lives"--
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