Can Hannah refuse her duty to a suffering woman? Hannah's choice entangles her in a treacherous family rivalry that endangers the baby and threatens her voyage to Malta, where Isaac, believing her dead in the plague, is preparing to buy his passage to a new life. A Papal edict forbids Jews from rendering medical treatment to Christians, but the payment he offers is enough to ransom her beloved husband, Isaac, who has been captured at sea. But when a count implores her to attend to his wife, who has been laboring for days to give birth to their firstborn son, Hannah is torn. |a Hannah Levi is renowned throughout Venice for her gift at coaxing reluctant babies from their mothers- a gift aided by the secret "birthing spoons" she designed. |a 1 online resource (1 audio file (9hr., 07 min.)) : |b digital. |a The midwife of Venice |h / |c Roberta Rich. |a 1464049491 |q (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book)
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