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01801aam a2200253 4500 001 DC2A58D4B69811EE8CC0EC492AECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240119010057 020 $a 9798400141713 040 $d SILO 100 $a Lane, Soraya M. 245 $a The Secret Midwife [7 Discs] $c by Soraya M. Lane. 250 $a Unabridged. 264 1 $a NY $b Brilliance Audio $c 2023 300 $a 7 Discs (8 hr 59 min) 520 $a 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. 520 $a 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 mothers on her rounds. But Emilia has a secret: for years shes also been visiting the hidden Jewish mothers and working for the resistanceuntil she is betrayed. 520 $a Suddenly a prisoner of Auschwitz, Emilia is surrounded by horror and despair. When she is put to work as a midwife in the camp, she realises that she has a chance to bring a small glimmer of hope to the pregnant women of Auschwitz. Alongside a brave imprisoned doctor, Aleksy, and an innocent outcast, Lena, 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 655 $a Historical fiction. 655 $a Audiobooks. 008 s2023 941 $a 1 952 $l BRPD251 $d 20240119021010.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=DC2A58D4B69811EE8CC0EC492AECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search