The Secret Midwife: Life, Death and the Truth about Birth

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Out of the corner of my eye I saw my daughter hopping from one foot to the other, almost bursting with excitement. Sensitively written, making it possible to warm to the characters and driving you on to follow their journey, even through the heartbreak of the stories they tell. Soraya describes being an author as "the best career in the world", and she hopes to be writing romance and women's fiction for many years to come.

The Secret Midwife: Life, Death and the Truth about Birth The Secret Midwife: Life, Death and the Truth about Birth

From the bestselling author of The London Girls comes a story of courage and resilience amidst the horror of Auschwitz—and one woman’s last chance to share it with the world. Stāsts par to, kā cilvēks ar patiesu mīlestību pret savu darbu tiek nodzīts līdz depresijai, pakļaujot riskam ne tikai pašus veselības aprūpes darbiniekus, bet arī viņu aprūpējamos. Philippa started hermidwifery training at the tender age of 17, falling in love with the job from the word go. This read is very disturbing reading of the complete disregard for human life as well as thought provoking. I know that some of it because public authorities do not provide enough parking areas for them which they should, these people are British and entitled to have places to live that fit in with their community.Something is bound to go wrong when you don’t have enough staff, and the management don’t have your back,’ she says. Some of the stories do talk about domestic abuse, still birth, miscarriage and rape which were difficult to read but the care and attention the midwifes give every woman despite their age, culture or background was inspiring. Their story was steeped in such tragedy, but something about the way they revealed themselves to me, the way they spoke to me, feels truly unique. MS Lane has taken historical facts and turned them into a heart-breaking and heart-felt story of determination, strength and courage as we learn about the midwife, Emilia in Auschwitz who with the help of Aleksy and Lena saved hundreds of lives, make sure you have a box of tissues while reading.

The Secret Midwife By Katy Weitz |The Works The Secret Midwife By Katy Weitz |The Works

The writing was beautiful and heartbreaking, the characters were so well written and developed and the entire book worked so well. Piedzīvoju savu vecmātes aicinājumu kā lāstu, no kura nespēju tapt brīva, bet neslēpšu, ka reizēm vēlētos.She went off with her husband's best friend (who was also not charged) and was now in hospital giving birth. She recounts the joys and delights of delivering babies and recounts the frustrations and disappointments with the same passion. On treating her first Covid-positive expectant mum in March 2020, she said: “As I dressed in my standard-issue PPE, I felt fearful.

The Secret Midwife - Kindle edition by Lane, Soraya M

Even though this is a fictional story it is based on actual horrific and barbaric events in history. 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.The author revisits the highs and lows of her early career in midwifery, where relationships and care are the norm with patients. Soraya Lane is a wonderful storyteller who pulls the readers in within the first few lines and doesn’t let go. As a trained NHS nurse myself, I have read a lot of these kind of books - stories from my midwifery colleagues, doctors and so forth. The year is 1995 and an elderly Emilia comes across a news story on the Holocaust while watching tv, her immediate instinct is to turn the channel.