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At midnight, the dogs, cats, and rats rule Venice. The Ponte di Ghetto Nuovo, the bridge that leads to the ghetto, trembles under the weight of sacks of rotting vegetables, rancid fat, and vermin. Seeping refuse on the streets renders the pavement slick and the walking treacherous.
It was on such a night that the men came for Hannah.
Hannah Levi is famed throughout Venice for her skills as a midwife but, as a Jew, the law forbids her from attending a Christian woman.
However, when the Conte appears at her door in the dead of night, Hannah's compassion is sorely tested. And with the handsome reward he is offering, she could ransom back her husband, currently imprisoned on the island of Malta.
But if she fails in her endeavours to save mother and child, will she be able to save herself, let alone her husband?
It was on such a night that the men came for Hannah.
Hannah Levi is famed throughout Venice for her skills as a midwife but, as a Jew, the law forbids her from attending a Christian woman.
However, when the Conte appears at her door in the dead of night, Hannah's compassion is sorely tested. And with the handsome reward he is offering, she could ransom back her husband, currently imprisoned on the island of Malta.
But if she fails in her endeavours to save mother and child, will she be able to save herself, let alone her husband?
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4.0
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December 24, 2017
It's a really nice story set up in Venice where is explains how a midwife named Hannah lives her life as her husband is in the prison... I expected that.. The novel would end in a dramatic way.. But she had already explain so many things in the Middle of the novel.. May be she did not have sufficient space explain the ending..from my point of view I feel the ending is slightly short and not explained properly.
Claire McLean-Reid
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December 12, 2012
Fantastic
About the author
Roberta Rich divides her time between Vancouver and Colima, Mexico. She is
a former family law lawyer. This is her debut novel.
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