The Midwife's Secret: A gripping, heartbreaking story about a missing girl and a family secret for lovers of historical fiction

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The story moves in three timelines with different characters as the focal points. All of it is the limited third person, and some sudden shifts were confusing. Not the ones between the chapters but the shift between immediate past and present in the same chapter. Wow! What a powerful book. This had me hooked from the start. The story spans generations and tells of lies, grief and secrets. It was extremely well written and had you guessing right to the end. Loved the characters and couldn’t put this book down. *****’ Spellbindingly good! H eartbreak, intrigue, mystery. I was totally engrossed from start to finish *****' Real reader review I can highly recommend this beautiful tale which is heartbreaking, emotional, gripping, suspenseful and will keep you on the edge of your seat' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Real reader review

Emilia finds herself aboard a train, she has no idea where she is going and her destination is a concentration camp called Auschwitz-Birkeneau. On arrival Emilia is stunned by the SS guards yelling at them to get off the train, their German Shepard dogs snarling and snapping, everyone is put into different lines and she can see emaciated people wearing what looks like stripped pajamas. Emilia starts the long and degrading process of her incarceration in Auschwitz. Dupa ce doctorul a facut absolut totul a cerut sa vina Tess. Din nefericire Rachel moare impreuna cu fiul acesteia, iar vinovata va fi gasita moasa, nu doctorul. Astfel Tess ajunge sa fie condamnata la inchisoare pe viata. romane ypač paliestos tokios temos kaip motinystė ir socialinė nelygybė. 1945 metais moterys labiau linkdavo gimdymams rinktis pribuvėją nei gydytoją. Tačiau, kas turėjo nutikti vieną žiemos naktį, kad pribuvėjai būtų paskirta mirties bausmė. The Secret Midwife is a work of fiction, but inspired by many real-life accounts of the Polish resistance, the brave doctors, nurses and midwives imprisoned in the camps and those who fought to save as many lives as possible in Poland during World War II.Present day Architect Willow James is working on a development at Yew Tree when she discovers the land holds a secret. As she begins to dig deep into the past, she uncovers a web of injustice. And when another child goes missing, Willow knows the only way to stop history repeating itself is to right a terrible wrong.

A real heart-pounder! It had intrigue, suspense and lots of twists and turns!! Definitely some jaw-dropping moments! I highly recommend reading this book! *****’ Let me start by saying that I am extremely grateful for the family tree map at the beginning of the book. The beginning throws many characters at you from different time periods and it does take some time to work out how they are all related. But, once everything falls into place it becomes a beautifully tragic family history. Spellbindingly good! H eartbreak, intrigue, mystery. I was totally engrossed from start to finish *****’Real reader review

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The characters are amazing, all very different and some we meet 50 years ago whilst the others reside in the current timeline of this historical, thrilling, family drama mystery. A real heart-pounder! It had intrigue, suspense and lots of twists and turns!! Definitely some jaw-dropping moments! I highly recommend reading this book!' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Real reader review When six-year-old Alice Hilton goes missing in the snow on New Year's Eve 1969 from Yew Tree Manor, suspicion immediately falls on local man Alf Simms. Simms had a grievance against Alice's father, wealthy Richard Hilton, and he is arrested, tried and found guilty for Alice's death. Tragically the child is never found.

La trama tiene a su favor que es entretenida. Una novela, que alterna en tres planos temporales, capítulos titulados con el nombre de diversos personajes. Son capítulos cortos y el ritmo es ágil. Genera curiosidad por saber qué le ocurrió a Alice y por ir desgranando los hilos del pasado. En su contra que se vuelve predecible, no en todo, pero casi. For decades the fates of the Hilton and James families have been entwined in the grounds of Yew Tree Manor. It all began with a midwife's secret, long buried but if uncovered could save them from the bitter tragedy that binds them. And prove the key that will free them all... This novel will tug at your heart. A gripping, heartwrenching story of love, loyalty and family secrets. Reminded me of Kate Morton and Eve Chase *****' Fictionophile blog A todo esto hay que añadirle una mala corrección ya en origen y otra igualmente deficiente en castellano. Personajes que, en la misma escena, cambian de nombre y hasta de estado civil. El tú y el usted aleatorios en un mismo renglón, etc. Muy lamentable. The way in which the two families through the ages are connected is well written and cleverly done. The haves and the have-nots, the privileged and the workers and an inheritance that causes no end of trouble because it mixes up the two sides.

The prose is eloquent and expressive. The characters are vulnerable, conflicted, and hardworking. And the plot is an enthralling, emotional saga filled with life, loss, familial drama, survival, betrayal, corruption, social injustice, tragedy, inequality, manipulation, and heartbreak.

Entre los personajes, unos están mejor definidos que otros sin ser una maravilla ninguno. Me ha chirriado la forma de hablar de Alice o Nell, más propia de adultos que de niñas de seis años. No he comprendido los motivos de Tessa para no declarar en su juicio. No tienen mucho sentido cuando lo que te juegas es una cadena perpetua. Alfie y Bobby son personajes que sí me han gustado. The Midwife's Secret is an unputdownable book that grips you from the beginning. Be prepared for plenty of tears throughout, right to the end' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Real reader review

Doctor attends woman giving birth and botches it up badly, sends servant girl to get the midwife, midwife comes but it’s too late to save mother and child, the doctor has butchered the poor woman. The doctor says the midwife is the one that botched the delivery causing mother and child to die – servant girl does not speak up, midwife doesn’t say much either so now the husband and his family and the midwife’s family will be forever at war).