The Midwife of Venice, Roberta Rich
The Midwife of Venice, Roberta Rich
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The Midwife of Venice

Author: Roberta Rich

Narrator: Antoinette LaVecchia

Unabridged: 9 hr 6 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 08/31/2012

Synopsis

Hannah Levi is renowned throughout Venice for her gift at coaxing reluctant babies from their mothers-- a gift aided by the secret " birthing spoons" she designed. But when a count implores her to attend to his wife, who has been laboring for days to give birth to their firstborn son, Hannah is torn. A Papal edict forbids Jews from rendering medical treatment to Christians, but the payment he offers is enough to ransom her beloved husband, Isaac, who has been captured at sea. Can Hannah refuse her duty to a suffering woman? Hannah' s choice entangles her in a treacherous family rivalry that endangers the baby and threatens her voyage to Malta, where Isaac, believing her dead in the plague, is preparing to buy his passage to a new life. Not since The Red Tent or People of the Book has a novel transported readers so intimately into the complex lives of women centuries ago or so richly into a story of intrigue that transcends the boundaries of history.

About Roberta Rich

Roberta Rich is the #1 bestselling author of The Midwife of Venice, which was published in thirteen countries, The Harem Midwife, and A Trial in Venice. She divides her time between Vancouver, British Columbia, and Colima, Mexico. Visit her at RobertaRich.com.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Megan

Welcome to another edition of Megan's Damning With Faint Praise! This book is fine. It is readable, it didn't piss me off, I enjoyed it while I was reading it. These are things I almost always say about books I liked but inspired me to no passion, one way or another. And it's true in this case as wel......more

Goodreads review by Annette

Set in the 16th century Venice and Malta, the story brings a vivid picture of Jewish ghetto in Venice. Hannah is a talented Jewish midwife of Venice, a gift aided by the secret “birthing spoons” designed by her. When asked to attend to a Christian woman, she is torn as a Papal edict forbids Jews fro......more

Goodreads review by ruzmarì

With The Midwife of Venice, Roberta Rich has joined the hordes. By "hordes," I mean authors producing historical fiction about parts of the world that are legendary, which is to say mostly imaginary to them. Strangely, most are about 16th-century Italy, one region or another. Also, they tend to feat......more

Goodreads review by Victoria

Let me just say that I wish this novel was longer! Three hundred pages are not enough for this amazingness. Hannah is a Jewess, a midwife, and a wife living in the 16th century Venice. Her husband was captured and sold into slavery on Malta. When he realized that nobody is going to save him, he is tr......more

Goodreads review by Ena

16. stoljeće: 2 paralelne priče - priča jevrejke Hane koja radi kao babica u Veneciji i njenog muža Isaka zarobljenog na Malti, priča o tome šta prolaze jedno bez drugog, pa sve do ponovnog susreta. Jako dobro, a posebno mi se dopalo to što je radnja jednim dijelom smještena u Italiji i to baš u 16.......more

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