{"product_id":"the-last-midwife-paperback","title":"The Last Midwife - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKaren Lawrence\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFeminist dystopian thrillers\u003c\/b\u003e have been hitting eerily close to reality lately, and The Last Midwife brings that discomfort home. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e'I'm going to snuff out the old witches - every last one of them!'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eEngland has a One-Child Policy.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eMidwives have been outlawed for decades.\u003c\/b\u003e Only a handful remain, risking everything to help mothers give birth in secret, but now their very existence is under threat. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen young nurse \u003cb\u003eChiara\u003c\/b\u003e arrives from Sicily, her dreams are quickly shattered by the horrifying truth behind the pristine walls of the Genesis Centre. Meanwhile, \u003cb\u003eRava, \u003c\/b\u003e the privileged wife of a government official, finds her perfect life unravelling when her pregnancy fails to meet her husband's requirements.\u003cbr\u003eTheir worlds collide in a desperate fight for life, choice, and humanity against a system determined to control the future, one baby at a time.\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat readers are saying: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"London living a nightmare worse than Gilead.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Fast paced but thoughtful, this book and its characters have stayed with me long since the final page.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The storyline is compelling ... I could not put it down - as gripping as a Robert Harris novel!\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The sanitised, ultra-efficient city of London stands in stark contrast to the higgledy-piggledy unregistered slums on the outskirts of the city, and the lush, natural surroundings of the last midwife's boat. ... The author writes these events from a deep, lived-through knowledge from being a midwife herself!\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Strikingly impressive!\"\u003c\/b\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 474\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.95 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 25, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53443558244717,"sku":"9781919376400","price":32.63,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1001\/0823\/9213\/files\/LDLZogckvH9781919376400.webp?v=1781462181","url":"https:\/\/cleanfreaklab.myshopify.com\/products\/the-last-midwife-paperback","provider":"Clean Freak Lab","version":"1.0","type":"link"}