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'See that patch of blue sky,' he said. 'Whenever you see one, that's where I'll be – thinking of you.'
Against the chaotic backdrop of World War II, Grace Murphy is working as a midwife in Doncaster Royal Infirmary with her two friends, Clodagh and Patsy. In between delivering babies and tending wounded airmen, the girls endure bombing raids, rationing and the hardships and heartbreak that war brings. But in the faces of the new babies she welcomes...
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"A gripping historical mystery based on the real-life diary entries of Martha Ballard, an 18th-century midwife who defied the legal system and wrote herself into American history. Maine, 1789: When the Kennebec River freezes, entombing a man in the ice, Martha Ballard is summoned to examine the body and determine cause of death. As a midwife and healer, she is privy to much of what goes on behind closed doors in Hallowell. Her diary is a record of...
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Witches, Midwives, and Nurses examines how women-led healing was delegitimized to make way for patriarchy, capitalism, and the emerging medical industry.
As we watch another agonizing attempt to shift the future of healthcare in the United States, we are reminded of the longevity of this crisis, and how firmly entrenched we are in a system that doesn't work.
First published by the Feminist Press in 1973, Witches, Midwives, and Nurses is an essential...
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Bertie Jenkins has spent forty years serving as a midwife for her community in the Great Smoky Mountains of East Tennessee. Out of all the mothers she's tended, none affects her more than the young teenager who shows up on her doorstep, injured, afraid, and expecting, one warm June day in 1943. As Bertie and her four sisters tenderly nurture Songbird back to health, the bond between the childless midwife and the motherless teen grows strong. But soon...
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New job, new year... new babies! Midwife Natalie arrives in New York determined to focus on her new job... a fresh beginning. She might never have her own children, but her life will be full of babies. And then a New Year's Eve kiss leads to a spontaneous night that changes everything. Because the stranger she felt instantly connected to turns out to be her colleague, closed-off doctor Henry. And, shockingly, she has to tell him she's pregnant - with...
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"Midwife Sarah Malloy and her private investigator husband, Frank, must shine a light on the truth and catch the fiend who killed a young reporter in this new entry in the USA Today bestselling Gaslight Mystery series. Louisa Rodgers is working as a magazine reporter and is hoping midwife Sarah Malloy can help her. New Century Magazine, like Colliers and McClure's, is branching out into investigative articles on pressing social issues. Louisa explains...
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Berkley
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2024.
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"In 1857 a young midwife braves the perilous journey west from New York City to Santa Fe, New Mexico Territory in this captivating epic from Sara Donati, the international bestselling author of Where the Light Enters. Carrie Ballentyne's life was upended in 1845 when she had to leave the only home she'd ever known in the mountains of upstate New York. With her are her widowed mother and younger brother Nathan, but the separation from Bonner, Ballentyne,...
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Scribner
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2023.
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"East Anglia, 1645. Martha Hallybread, a midwife, healer, and servant, has lived peacefully for more than four decades in her beloved seaside village of Cleftwater. Having lost her voice as a child, Martha has not spoken a word in years. One autumn morning, a sinister newcomer appears in town. The witchfinder, Silas Makepeace, has been blazing a trail of destruction along the coast, and now has Cleftwater in his sights. His arrival strikes fear into...
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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...
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Bookouture
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2023.
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"Auschwitz, 1943: I stroke my beautiful baby's hair. It's a miracle it's blonde because it will keep her alive, it will keep her safe. Soon they will come and take Pippa out of Auschwitz-Birkenau - and out of my arms. But while there's life, there's hope I might find my daughter again... An incredible story of one woman's courage and determination to reunite her family in the aftermath of surviving Auschwitz. 1945, Ester Pasternak walked out of the...
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Will a special Christmas delivery change their lives…and their friendship forever? Find out in the latest story from the Carey Cove Midwives by Ann McIntosh.
An unexpected delivery…
…will change their lives forever!
Discovering a baby girl left on the doorstep of Carey House immediately ignites Dr. Theo Turner's and midwife Nya Ademi's protective instincts! But caring for this precious infant together has Nya suddenly seeing her old friend...
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In the last of the Carey Cove Midwives stories, an arrival of a new midwife could be the missing piece in Marnie's family. Find out what happens in the latest Harlequin Medical Romance by Rachel Dove.
Will the newest arrival...
complete her miracle family?
When midwife Marnie held her baby for the first time, she knew that a lifetime of Christmas wishes had been granted. But that doesn't make being a single parent any easier. So, new midwife Ash's...
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Is this midwife ready to risk her heart on a daredevil helicopter paramedic? Find out in the latest Carey Cove Midwives story for Harlequin Medical Romance by Karin Baine.
The paramedic's return…
…could turn her world upside down!
Daredevil helicopter paramedic Roman Callahan storms back into midwife Sophie's sheltered life ten years after he left. The unquestionable chemistry between them is still there, and giving in to a one-off fling...
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A night like no other...A miracle she's dreamed of!
In this London Hospital Midwives story, knowing she may never have children isn't easy for midwife Carly Eliston. But devoting her life to helping other mothers realize that dream is fulfillment enough. Until she begins working alongside sexy neurosurgeon Adem Kepler! The cautious yet charismatic bachelor challenges Carly to let her hair down... One night of amazing passion later, Carly's in for...
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Her three-year-old secret...
...is about to be revealed!
In this London Hospital Midwives story, between her job with Queen Victoria's Air Ambulance and raising her three-year-old daughter, midwife Chloe Larson's too busy to find love. Only maybe love has found her... Xander Jameson-the gorgeous Australian doctor she had a fling with and who disappeared without trace-has joined her team! The attraction is definitely still there. But first, Chloe...
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Harlequin® Medical Romance brings you three titles. Enjoy these stories packed with pulse-racing romance and heart-racing medical drama.
This Harlequin® Medical Romance box set includes:
A TOUCH OF CHRISTMAS MAGIC Midwives On-Call at Christmas by Scarlet Wilson
Pretty midwife Bonnie is only staying for Christmas...but can brooding obstetrician Jacob Layton ever let her go?
WINTER WEDDING IN VEGAS by Janice
Lynn Single mom Taylor wakes up in Vegas...
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Mills & Boon
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2023.
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Will the newest arrival... complete her miracle family? In this Carey Cove Midwives story, when midwife Marnie holds her baby for the first time she knows that a lifetime of Christmas wishes have been granted. But that doesn't make being a single parent any easier! New midwife Ash's support is invaluable - and his kiss is unexpectedly magical! And as they count down to Christmas together, Marnie realises that she has one more wish to make: for Ash...
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Mothers and midwives reveal the wonders and difficulties of early twentieth century childbirth in this informative and insightful healthcare history. Before the foundation of the United Kingdom's National Health Service (NHS) in 1948, expectant mothers relied on midwives to help them through childbirth. Based on interviews conducted with dozens and mothers and retired midwives over several years, Billie Hunter and Nicky Leap's The Midwife's Tale shares...
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Harlequin Medical Romance brings you a collection of three new titles, available now! Enjoy these stories packed with pulse-racing romance and heart-racing medical drama. This Harlequin Medical Romance box set includes: REUNITED BY THEIR SECRET DAUGHTER London Hospital Midwives by Emily Forbes Gorgeous doctor Xander Jameson disappeared without a trace after their unforgettable fling. Now he’s back and midwife Chloe Larson must reveal her three-year-old...