{"product_id":"book-186x","title":"The Last Midwife","description":"\u003cp\u003eFeminist dystopian thrillers have been hitting eerily close to reality lately, and The Last Midwife brings that discomfort home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'I'm going to snuff out the old witches - every last one of them!'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChildbirth in England is a state-controlled procedure. Midwives have been outlawed for decades. Only a handful remain, risking everything to help mothers give birth in secret, but now their very existence is under threat.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen young nurse Chiara arrives from Sicily, her dreams are quickly shattered by the horrifying truth behind the pristine walls of the Genesis Centre. Meanwhile, Rava, the privileged wife of a government official, finds her perfect life unravelling when her pregnancy fails to meet her husband's requirements.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat readers are saying: 📚\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"London living a nightmare worse than Gilead.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Fast paced but thoughtful, this book and its characters have stayed with me long since the final page.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The storyline is compelling ... I could not put it down - as gripping as a Robert Harris novel!\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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 being a midwife herself!\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Strikingly impressive!\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Author's Republic","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":50779753775408,"sku":"BD186x","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/186x-Square-cover.jpg?v=1771968686","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-186x","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}