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The Midwife's Secret

A missing girl, an accused woman and a family secret in this gripping, heartbreaking historical fiction

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The Midwife's Secret

By: Emily Gunnis
Narrated by: Gemma Whelan
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From the author of global best seller The Girl in the Letter, a gripping, powerful and heartbreaking new novel of two families and the devastating secret that binds them....

1969. On New Year's Eve, while the Hiltons of Yew Tree Manor prepare to host the party of the season, their little girl disappears. Suspicion falls on Bobby James, a young farmhand and the last person to see Alice before she vanished. Bobby protests his innocence, but he is sent away. Alice is never found.

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.

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....

©2021 Emily Gunnis Ltd (P)2021 Headline Publishing Group Ltd
Historical Mystery Fiction Suspense
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"A hugely addictive story...full of twists, turns, class divides, betrayal and deceit."(Heat magazine)

"Emily Gunnis weaves a gripping story." (Woman & Home)

Intergenerational Storyline • Historical Fiction • Fantastic Narrator • Compelling Mystery • Unexpected Twists
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It took a minute to learn the characters and the method of storytelling, but once all characters were presented I couldn’t stop listening! Wonderful read!

Wonderful read!

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I loved the inter generationally theme of the story bringing us up to present day and showing the changes of beliefs and attitudes through time….

Human Fragility of the Characters and the bravery and goodness in people under the worse circumstances…

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This book is so interesting!! I loved every part of it and the reader did such a good job. Definitely get this book and listen to it!

Incredible!!

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I throughly enjoyed this book . A little bit hard to sort out the characters for the first two chapters . Persevere. Such a worthwhile listen . The narrator was brilliant . The storyline was brilliant. I am now looking for another book by this Author .

Brilliant

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One of the best books I’ve listened to in a long time a lot of historical facts included. I even cried over pieces of it.

Wonderful story

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A fabulous book. Although it starts a little slowly, it picks up steam quickly. Narration was perfect.

Wow!

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It was hard to follow during the 1st hour since there’s a handful of characters and their POV but after a minute I got into and couldn’t stop listening. The narrator was super awesome.

Loved it

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This is an interesting story, but the mysteries were all so well telegraphed, but I almost put the book down about halfway through. It was quickly obvious that Leo was a psychopath or at least had something to do with Alice’s disappearance. . The search for her aunt Nell was so unnecessary. Although, the trip to the TB ward and connecting with parents who lost their daughter was interesting. It is still very sad to see how money talks and can destroy the lives of so many people.

I could see it coming a mile Away

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I loved this book. So many stories wound together but created such a beautiful tale. My heart ached for so many of the characters.

Thoroughly enjoyed this

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This book pulls you in and keeps you intertwined in the story. I highly recommend this writing style . Thank you

I LOVE this authors writing style

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