# The Last Midwife - Paperback

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by **Karen Lawrence** (Author)

**Feminist dystopian thrillers** have been hitting eerily close to reality lately, and The Last Midwife brings that discomfort home.

**_'I'm going to snuff out the old witches - every last one of them!'_**

**England has a One-Child Policy.** **Midwives have been outlawed for decades.** Only a handful remain, risking everything to help mothers give birth in secret, but now their very existence is under threat.

When young nurse **Chiara** arrives from Sicily, her dreams are quickly shattered by the horrifying truth behind the pristine walls of the Genesis Centre. Meanwhile, **Rava,** the privileged wife of a government official, finds her perfect life unravelling when her pregnancy fails to meet her husband's requirements.  
Their worlds collide in a desperate fight for life, choice, and humanity against a system determined to control the future, one baby at a time.

**What readers are saying:**  
"London living a nightmare worse than Gilead."

"Fast paced but thoughtful, this book and its characters have stayed with me long since the final page."

"The storyline is compelling ... I could not put it down - as gripping as a Robert Harris novel!"

"The sanitised, ultra-efficient city of London stands in stark contrast to the higgledy-piggledy unregistered slums on the outskirts of the city, and the lush, natural surroundings of the last midwife's boat. ... The author writes these events from a deep, lived-through knowledge from being a midwife herself!"

**"Strikingly impressive!"**

**Number of Pages:** 474

**Dimensions:** 0.95 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN

**Publication Date:** November 25, 2025

## Details

- **Price:** 32.63 GBP
- **Vendor:** BooksCloud
- **Type:** Books
- **Tags:** Books, Dystopian, Fiction, Medical, Science Fiction, Thrillers

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