Book Review: The German Midwife by Mandy Robotham

 

Title: The German Midwife

Author: Mandy Robotham

Series/Standalone: Standalone

Genre: Historical Fiction, Adult

Pages: 354

Publisher: Avon

Year Published: 2018

Format: Audiobook

"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 have ever imagined. Eva Braun is pregnant with the Fuhrer'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?

An unforgettable tale of courage, betrayal and survival in the hardest of circumstances, perfect for readers of The Tattooist of Auschwitz and The Alice Network."

My Rating: 3/5

This book was a different way of writing about the war from a different perspective. I will say though that I found it does romanticize some horrible things about the war. There are some high stakes, there is heartbreak, it is gruesome and frightening. I think that I was most interested in hearing about the survival aspects of the story. How the main character manages to get through tragedy and continues to believe in helping all women regardless of religion, race, etc. That being said you do have to suspend your disbelief that our main character would be chosen to oversee such an important pregnancy. I think that the plot was fast-paced and I was continually interested. That is why this book gets a higher rating than you may assume based on the facts above.

Thanks for reading,

Sidny