He is harbouring a dark secret from his past, one that threatens to spill over everything.Ī haunting and moving debut, The Midwife by Tricia Cresswell is perfect for fans of The Familiars and The Binding. His professional reputation is spotless and he keeps his private life just as clean, isolating himself from any new acquaintances. In London, Dr Borthwick lives a solitary life working as an accoucheur together with his midwife, Mrs Bates, dealing with mothers and babies in both the elegant homes of high society, and alongside a young widow, Eleanor Johnson, volunteering in the slums of the Devil’s Acre. Until tragedy strikes, and she must run for her life. With the odds against her – a penniless single woman – she starts to build her life from scratch, using her skills to help other woman around her. But she can remember how to help a woman in labour, how to expertly dress a wound and can speak fluent French. She has no memory of who she is or how she got there. After a violent storm, a woman is found alone, naked, near death on the Northumberland moors.
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