| A Carriage for the Midwife Contributor(s): Bennett, Stephen (Author), Bennett, Maggie (Author) |
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ISBN: 1844130177 ISBN-13: 9781844130177 Publisher: Random House UK OUR PRICE: $31.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2003 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Sagas |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: PR6102 |
| Physical Information: 1.7" H x 6.2" W x 9.3" (1.65 lbs) 432 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Born into squalor, young Susan Lucket is determined to raise herself above the poverty of her childhood. Discovering she has a natural talent for nursing, she forges a new life for herselfand as an independent, unmarried midwife, she is a woman far ahead of her time. But when Edward Calthorpe, youngest son of the privileged landowner, offers her marriage, the memory of her terrible childhood returns to haunt her. And when Edward's wayward brother seduces little Polly, her beloved younger sisterand then betrays her in the most brutal of waysSusan faces losing everything she has struggled for. Can she find the strength to fight for her right to happiness?" |