The German Midwife

Also published as A Woman of War

Author: Mandy Robotham

Genre: Fiction, Adventure, Modern, Romance Wartime, WW2, Historical Fiction

Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers

Year of release: 2020

Release date: 5^th August 2020

Rating: 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

Synopsis

Germany, 1944 a prisoner in the camps, Anke Hoff is doing what she can to keep her pregnant campmates and their newborns alive. But when Anke’s work is noticed, she is chosen for a task more dangerous than she could ever have imagined. Eva Braun is pregnant with the Führer’s child, and Anke is assigned as her midwife. Before long, Anke is faced with an impossible choice. Does she serve the Reich she loathes and keep the baby alive? Or does she sacrifice an innocent child for the good of a broken world?∗Published in the UK as A Woman of War∗

Review

The German Midwife tells the story of Anke Hoff a hardworking Midwife who finds herself alongside others a prisoner in one of the many camps, Anke finds her time is best spent supporting others and when it becomes obvious some of the woman are expecting Anke sets out to keep the mother’s and their babies alive.  Anke carries out the task as best she can with the limited supplies and support on hand.

One day Anke is selected by the Reich to be the personal midwife to the Führer’s mistress Eva Braun the soon to be mother to the Führer’s  unborn child. Anke Hoff must make an impossible choice can she serve the Reich who stands for everything she despises and see that the unborn child of Adolf Hitler arrives safe and sound; into this world currently at war or does she make sure this baby cannot carry on their father’s work in the future, thus also ensuring her beloved Germany and it’s people can one day return Germany to it’s glory days.

I absolutely loved The German Midwife  it had me hooked right from the start the plot-line felt original and fresh to this reader I really enjoyed the idea that the leader of the Nazi Party was expecting; it’s not something you see in the Historical Fiction Genre so I was eager to see where the Author was taking the reader. Thanks to the plot-line The German Midwife fast became the book I just couldn’t put down.

The characters used to tell this story have become some of my favourites thanks to Author Mandy Robotham’s skilful writing and  knowledge in midwifery I was able to  visualise  the world she described. Anke makes the perfect Heroin I was able to really bond with  Anke and her kindness and compassion for others no matter who or what they believed in really shine through through-out this story.

You would think given who her lover was Eva Braun would be somewhat of a loathsome character much like that of her chosen mate, but it’s hard not to love her. I was so willing to cheer for her, she makes for an excellent reason to hope especially when you’re not sure the world will ever be in peacetime again.

I felt like whilst Anke is the shining light for this story, it didn’t take long to turn off the lights and expose the shadows that were all to common during this time period especially in a concentration camp. It’s absolutely heartbreaking to read through some of the things that occurred it’s even worse knowing that some of the horrors really happened to babies.

I highly recommend The German Midwife to mature readers who love a page turning Historical Fiction with a touch of romance. I admit whilst I write this it’s hard to find fault in the story but so easy to find fault in humanity instead and although

My Continued thanks to Harper Collins Publishers for sending an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.