The Midwife of Auschwitz

Auschwitz, 1943: As I held the tiny baby in my arms, my fingers traced the black tattoo etched across her little thigh. And I prayed that one day this set of numbers, identical to her mother's, would have the power to reunite a family torn apart by war...

Ana Kaminski is pushed through the iron gates of Auschwitz beside her frightened young friend Ester Pasternak. As they reach the front of the line, Ana quietly declares herself a midwife - and Ester her assistant. Their arms are tattooed and they're ordered to the maternity hut. Ana knows the fate of many are in her hands, and vows to do everything she can to save them.

When two guards in their chilling SS uniforms march in and snatch a blond-haired baby from its mother it's almost too much for Ana to bear. Consoling the distraught woman, Ana realises that the guards are taking the healthiest babies and placing them with German families, so they will survive. And there are whispers the war is nearly over... Ana and Ester begin to secretly tattoo little ones with their mother's numbers, praying one day they might be reunited.

Then, early one morning, Ana notices the small bump under Ester's thin striped clothing...

An absolutely heart-breaking and page-turning WW2 novel of one woman's bravery and determination to bring life and hope into a broken world. Fans of The Tattooist of Auschwitz, The Alice Network and The Nightingale will be gripped.

Anna Stuart wanted to be an author from the moment she could pick up a pen and was writing boarding-school novels by the age of nine. Her first career was in Factory Planning, but after having children she decided to follow her dream of writing. Anna is a writer of WWII fiction, focusing in on some of the lesser known elements of this astonishing period and writing from a female perspective. She is the author of the bestselling novels The Midwife of Auschwitz, The Midwife of Berlin and The War Orphan. She also writes medieval fiction as Joanna Courtney.

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