The German Midwife

by Mandy Robotham

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2.5 stars

Thank you to Netgalley and the Publisher for a free e-arc in exchange for my honest review.

Before starting this book I think people should remember that this is just an imagining of something that could have happened. We have no idea if this did happen, but we know that a child was never made public if it did.

Anke is a midwife but is also a political prisoner in Nazi Germany. She tries to keep her status as a midwife hidden for a time but it is eventually found out in the camp she is in and then is put to work delivering babies and taking care of the expecting mothers. Her experience and high regard eventually lead her to being brought to Braun in order to safely and efficiently deliver her baby. This is where most of the book takes place and we get to see life at the top of the mountain where Hitler lived sometimes.

We do get to see flashbacks of what got her to be into this position she is in now and those were what I most enjoyed as the book went on.

Overall I did like this book. I was immediately drawn into Anke's world and the inner turmoil she felt about having to take care of and then deliver Brauns child is one that I felt as well. Anke is a character who always tries to do what's best for the mother and baby and sticks to her morals in this story for the most part. I could have done with one thing happening but I also wasn't surprised when it did. But that one thing having happened also made me not give this book a higher rating. I did like some of the side characters especially Christa (I think that's how you spell her name) and how they worked together so well.