{"product_id":"the-midwife-of-venice-9781451657470","title":"The Midwife of Venice","description":"Not since Anna Diamant's \u003ci\u003eThe Red Tent\u003c\/i\u003e or Geraldine Brooks's \u003ci\u003ePeople of the Book\u003c\/i\u003e has a novel transported readers so intimately into the complex lives of women centuries ago or so richly into a story of intrigue that transcends the boundaries of history. A \"lavishly detailed\" (\u003ci\u003eElle\u003c\/i\u003e Canada) debut that masterfully captures sixteenth-century Venice against a dramatic and poetic tale of suspense. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHannah Levi is renowned throughout Venice for her gift at coaxing reluctant babies from their mothers using her secret \"birthing spoons.\" When a count implores her to attend his dying wife and save their unborn son, she is torn. A Papal edict forbids Jews from rendering medical treatment to Christians, but his payment is enough to ransom her husband Isaac, who has been captured at sea. Can she refuse her duty to a woman who is suffering? Hannah's choice entangles her in a treacherous family rivalry that endangers the child and threatens her voyage to Malta, where Isaac, believing her dead in the plague, is preparing to buy his passage to a new life. Told with exceptional skill, \u003ci\u003eThe Midwife of Venice\u003c\/i\u003e brings to life a time and a place cloaked in fascination and mystery and introduces a captivating new talent in historical fiction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Gallery Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/14\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781451657470\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 335\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.20w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/02\/2012 pg. 57\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2012\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Roberta Rich","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36651389616284,"sku":"9781451657470","price":15.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_4cb75de3-a639-4e40-a737-60e54555b5b2.jpg?v=1603877547","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-midwife-of-venice-9781451657470","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}