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The German Midwife

By Mandy Robotham
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The German Midwife by Mandy Robotham is set during World War II and follows Anke Hoff, a midwife imprisoned in a concentration camp. Anke is unexpectedly conscripted to serve as a midwife for a powerful figure’s wife, which places her in a complex moral and emotional dilemma. The narrative explores themes of courage, resilience, and the intricate choices during a perilous era, intertwining a subtle romantic thread throughout the story.
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You might enjoy this book if you appreciate historical romances set against the backdrop of World War II, weaving a compelling tale of courage and survival. The evocative narrative follows a midwife navigating the struggles and moral dilemmas of wartime, providing a gripping exploration of resilience and love in challenging times.

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An enthralling tale from the #1 Globe and Mail and USA Today Best Selling Author.

“A powerful, haunting debut”—Kate Quinn, New York Times bestselling author of The Alice Network

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An enthralling tale from the #1 Globe and Mail and USA Today Best Selling Author.

“A powerful, haunting debut”—Kate Quinn, New York Times bestselling author of The Alice Network

An enthralling new tale of courage, betrayal and survival in the hardest of circumstances that readers of The Tattooist of Auschwitz, The Secret Orphan and The Man Who Broke into Auschwitz will love.

Germany, 1944. A prisoner in the camps, Anke Hoff is doing what she can to keep her pregnant campmates and their newborns alive.

But when Anke’s work is noticed, she is chosen for a task more dangerous than she could ever have imagined. Eva Braun is pregnant with the Führer’s child, and Anke is assigned as her midwife.

Before long, Anke is faced with an impossible choice. Does she serve the Reich she loathes and keep the baby alive? Or does she sacrifice an innocent child for the good of a broken world?

Published in the UK as A Woman of War

Mandy Robotham’s highly awaited next book, The Secret Messenger, is out now.

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The German Midwife by Mandy Robotham has received high praise for its powerful and uplifting narrative, captivating readers with its authenticity and the suggestion that its fictitious events might actually be true. Reviewers have lauded its excellent writing and compelling characters, noting it as a page-turner that is both enthralling and thoughtfully constructed.

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ISBN: 9780008472214

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 02 June 2021

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: AVON, a division of HarperCollins Publishers Ltd

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 23.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 270g

Pages: 368

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About the Author

Mandy Robotham has been an aspiring author since the age of nine, but was waylaid by journalism and later enticed by birth. She's now a practising midwife who writes about birth, death, love and everything else in between. She graduated with an MA in Creative Writing from Oxford Brookes University. This is her first novel.

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