Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
About the Author
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Copyright
This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.
THE SECRETS OF MIDWIVES. Copyright © 2015 by Sally Hepworth. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.
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The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows:
Hepworth, Sally.
The secrets of midwives / Sally Hepworth. — 1st. ed.
p. cm.
ISBN 978-1-250-05189-9 (hardcover)
ISBN 978-1-4668-5263-1 (e-book)
1. Midwives—Fiction. 2. Family secrets—Fiction. I. Title.
PR9619.4.H48S48 2015
823'.92—dc23
2014033628
e-ISBN 9781466852631
First Edition: February 2015