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1472272056 
Book The midwife's secret; Emily Gunnis
Year: 2022
Language: English
Type: Book
Class Number: F
Category: Fiction
Publisher: Headline Review, 2022
Physical or Electronic: Physical
ISBN: 9781472272058
Notes:
Originally published: 2021
She shone the torch around and spotted some names written in the wall: Clara, Sara, Megan. Who were these girls and what had they been doing in there? She slowly clicked open the trunk and as she shone her torch in, something caught her eye. In the corner, a leather-bound book. She opened it on the first page: 'Bella James, Patient Notes'. She began to read.
Extent: 386 pages, illustration (black and white), 20 cm, pbk
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