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02012aam a2200337 i 4500 001 12E4360090E311EEA8442A1A39ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20231202011859 008 231002s2023 wau 000 1 eng d 020 $a 1662504063 020 $a 9781662504068 035 $a (OCoLC)1362865045 040 $a PABRO $b eng $e rda $c PABRO $d SILO 043 $a e-pl--- 050 4 $a PR9619.4.L3564 $b S43 2023 082 04 $a 823/.92 $2 23 100 1 $a Lane, Soraya M., $e author. 245 14 $a The secret midwife / $c Soraya M. Lane. 264 1 $a Seattle : $b Lake Union Publishing, $c [2023] 300 $a 317 pages ; $c 20 cm 520 $a London, 1995: When on the 50th 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: Emilia is allowed certain freedoms as a midwife. But Emilia has a secret: for years shes also been visiting the hidden Jewish mothers and working for the resistanceuntil she is betrayed. Suddenly a prisoner, Emilia is put to work as a midwife in the camp and realises that she has a chance to bring a small glimmer of hope to the pregnant women of Auschwitz. Alongside a brave imprisoned doctor, and an innocent outcast, she comes up with a dangerous plan. A plan that if discovered could mean a fate far worse than death, but if they act undetected, they could save countless lives 610 20 $a Auschwitz (Concentration camp) $v Fiction. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Underground movements $z Poland $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Midwives $v Fiction. 650 7 $a FICTION / Historical / 20th Century / World War II. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a FICTION / Romance / Historical / 20th Century. $2 bisacsh 655 7 $a Historical fiction. $2 lcgft 941 $a 2 952 $l D3PA284 $d 20231219010251.0 952 $l FYPI314 $d 20231202012134.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=12E4360090E311EEA8442A1A39ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search