A Carriage For The Midwife: an emotional, enthralling and ultimately uplifting saga of one woman’s quest to forge a new life for herself

A Carriage For The Midwife: an emotional, enthralling and ultimately uplifting saga of one woman’s quest to forge a new life for herself

by Maggie Bennett (Author)

Synopsis

Can Susan escape the dark shadows of her childhood...? Born into the squalor of the notorious Ash-Pits, 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 herself - and 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 sister - and then betrays her in the most brutal of ways - Susan faces losing everything she has struggled for. Can she find the strength to fight for her right to happiness?

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 512
Edition: New e.
Publisher: Arrow
Published: 18 Sep 2003

ISBN 10: 0099453142
ISBN 13: 9780099453147
Book Overview: A POWERFUL AND GRIPPING SAGA FROM THE AUTHOR OF A CHILD'S VOICE CALLING

Author Bio
Maggie Bennett was born in Hampshire. When she left school at eighteen she started general nursing training and, after a year as a staff nurse, she went on to train as a midwife. Her career was interrupted by marriage at thirty-five, and she moved to Manchester where her two daughters were born; she later returned to work as a midwife until her retirement in 1991. Having been an avid reader and scribbler all her life, she took a correspondence course in creative writing after her husband's death in 1983, and started writing articles and short stories. Her first novel, A Child's Voice Calling, was published by Arrow in 2002.