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The Ship's Midwife [electronic resource]

Miller, Peta2023

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Summary

1850. Sarah Hallow is orphaned, penniless and alone, with only the skills learned from her midwife mother to guide her. The passage on a ship bound for the new colony of Brisbane, Australia, is her last option. Though her skills are quickly dismissed by the ship's doctor, Sarah is pleased to find instant friendship with her cabinmate, Bridie, a fiery Irish girl with a sharp tongue and midwifery skills of her own.When the two women come to the aid of a labouring woman onboard, Sarah's dreams of opening her own midwifery practice in the colony don't seem so impossible. Certainly not as impossible as her daydreams about a certain doctor's son, who only seems to have eyes for her friend.But something else is lurking on the ship: a disease that has the power to take down even the strongest man, and it is about to rip through the ship like wildfire, leaving only devastation in its path. As caring for patients stretches Sarah and Bridie to their absolute limit, thoughts of the future are rapidly eclipsed by their determination to survive. If only they can make it to Australia with their lives and love intact ...