| International Standard Book Number |
9781420538632 (hard cover ; large print)
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| International Standard Book Number |
1420538632 (hard cover ; large print)
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| Personal Name |
Anthony, Laura, author.
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| Title Statement |
The forgotten midwife / Laura Anthony.
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| Edition Statement |
Large print edition.
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| Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice |
[Waterville, Maine] : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2026.
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| Physical Description |
523 pages ; 23 cm.
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| General Note |
"Published in 2026 by arrangement with Gallery Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, LLC."-Title page verso.
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| Summary, Etc. |
"New Jersey, present day. Riley Carmichael is getting married and joining a huge, loving family, yet she can't ignore the emptiness on her side of the church. For most of her life, it's been just Riley and her grandmother, Betty, but as late-stage dementia overtakes her grandmother's mind, Riley knows she's losing her. During a rare moment of lucidity, Betty gives Riley a tattered, long-hidden birth certificate for an unknown baby born in Ireland in the 1950s. Searching for answers about her family history, Riley travels to Ireland in hopes of finding a sense of heritage. Tipperary, Ireland, 1954. Margaret Lannigan dreams of a life with her beloved Joseph. But when her older sister dies suddenly, Margaret must fulfill her family's generations-old commitment to the Catholic Church. Forced to take the veil, she is sent to Ballyvale Home for Fallen Girls, where unmarried expectant mothers endure terrible cruelty. Despite having no training as a midwife, Margaret fights to give these women the care they deserve. When Margaret encounters Delia O'Rourke, the terrified younger sister of her childhood best friend, she risks everything to protect Delia and her baby from a system designed to make them disappear. Provided by publisher.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Large type books.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Secrecy Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Families Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Female friendship Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Adoption Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Unplanned pregnancy Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Unmarried mothers Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Reformatories for women Ireland Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Inmates of institutions Ireland Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term |
Ireland Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term |
New Jersey Fiction.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Historical fiction.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Novels.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Large print books.
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