The German Midwife

By: Mandy Robotham

Narrated by: Julia Winwood

Length: 10 hrs and 1 min

Publisher's summary

The USA Today best seller.

For fans of The Tattooist of Auschwitz and Kate Furnivall comes a gritty tale of courage, betrayal and love in the most unlikely of places.

Germany, 1944. Taken from the camps to serve the Führer himself, Anke Hoff is assigned as midwife to one of Hitler’s inner circle. If she refuses, her family will die.

Torn between her duty as a caregiver and her hatred for the Nazi regime, Anke is swept into a life unlike anything she’s ever known - and she discovers that many of those at the Berghof are just as trapped as she is. And soon, she’s falling for a man who will make her world more complicated still....

Before long, the couple is faced with an impossible choice - and the consequences could be deadly. Can their forbidden love survive the horrors of war? And, more importantly, will they?

Published in the UK as A Woman of War Mandy Robotham’s highly awaited next book, The Secret Messenger, is out now.

©2018 Mandy Robotham (P)2018 HarperCollins Publishers Limited

Critic reviews

"Incredibly powerful, harrowing but ultimately uplifting. I couldn’t put this down." (Katie Fforde)

"A fascinating story which had me forgetting it’s fiction! So well written, I was left pondering if the events could actually be true. Enthralling!" (Kitty Neale)

"The German Midwife is a book to harrow the soul and linger long in the mind. Anke, a German midwife sent to a labour camp for aiding Jewish mothers against Third Reich law, is whisked from hell-scape to eerie luxury when she is brought to Hitler's private mountain estate to care for his pregnant mistress Eva Braun. Mandy Robotham writes movingly of the eternal human struggle to preserve reverence for life in the midst of genocide and horror. A powerful, haunting debut." (Kate Quinn)

Listen to this story, you won’t regret it!

This book had my attention from the first chapter. I couldn’t wait to finish it. Great story... now I’m fascinated by the history and want to read more.

A fantastical premise, but it's a good story

While I found the story to be kind of far-fetched, I really enjoyed it. The author is a good storyteller and she really has a beautiful writing style. The narrator was fantastic which, is really important to an audiobook. For some reason I find that light and soothing British accent to be the best for story narration.
I stayed engaged throughout the entire book and finished quickly. I will definitely be checking out more of the author's work.

Wonderful powerful story

I enjoyed this book very much. It well written and well read. Thank you for the opportunity to look at the war through the eyes of a midwife trying her best to do right by the Mothers and their precious babies. My heart ached at times and swelled at others. Bravo Ms. Robotham Bravo

Interesting Topic...

I really enjoyed this book more than I expected! I found it Interesting from the first page and I couldn't put it down!

loved loved loved

As a history buff this book had me rethinking all I knew about WWII and Nazi Germany. I kept having to remind myself that it was just a story.

wow

I know its 'fiction', but wow! this was an incredible look into what might have been. such an amazing story. very well performed as well. phenomenal.

I loved it!

It had my rapt attention from the beginning. I couldn't put it down, start to finish. This historical fiction, does not lull or drag. Excellent read.

excellent

this is an excellent story. You dont really think about this aspect of the camps during the war.

Lovely story

WWII was filled with such horrific details. I am reminded with books like this of just how good we have it. This was so well written and I didn’t want to stop listening.

Great history and romance!

This was a perfect storm of history and romance. We as a whole, tend to put the horrors of what happened to the Jews during the war out of our minds. I personally can hardly believe this kind of thing actually happened but yet it did. The setting for this story is so real you can see it coming to life. The strength of people was unrelenting. I was so amazed at how this book ended. I would highly recommend.