The Midwife

Name: The Midwife
Brand: Amazon Publishing
SKU: 9781503938434
Price: 13.59 EUR
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By (author): Katja Kettu

Translated by: David Hackston

Orphaned into an unforgiving foster home and raised as an outsider, Weird-Eye shoulders her unflattering nickname. She relies on her vivid imagination to sustain her work as a midwife bringing newborns into the world while World War II overruns her native Finland, desecrating life. She finds herself drawn to the handsome, otherworldly Johannes Angelhurst, a war photographer working for the SS. To be near him, Weird-Eyewhom Johannes lovingly calls Wild-Eyevolunteers to serve as a nurse at the prison camp where he has been assigned.

From the brutality of the camps to the splendor of the aurora borealis above the Arctic Sea, The Midwife tells of a stormy romance, the desolate beauty of a protective fjord, and the deeply personal battles waged as World War II came to an end.

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Product Details

Weight: 386g
Dimensions: 140 x 210mm
Publication Date: 11 Oct 2016
Publisher: Amazon Publishing
Publication City/Country: United States
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781503938434

About Katja Kettu

Katja Kettu is an award-winning Finnish writer. Born in Rovaniemi Finnish Lapland in 1978 Kettu works not only as a novelist but also as a columnist and director of animated films. Her books are suffused with traditional Finnish nature mysticism and the richness of northern Finnish dialects. Kettu is also known for startling plots and original poetic language. After her 2005 debut Surujenkerääjä (The Sorrow Collector) Kettu released several books that portray lives on the margins of history. Hitsaaja (The Welder) combines the fate of the cruise ship Estonia with the story of the Far North. Kätilö (The Midwife) depicts a passionate love story set against the severe backdrop of World War IIs Arctic front in Lapland. This Runeberg Prizewinning book became the years most widely read title in Finland and translation rights have been sold to nineteen countries. A feature film adaptation premiered in September 2015. Her collection of short stories Piippuhylly (The Pipe Collector) followed featuring many similar themes to The Midwife. Kettus novel Yöperhonen (Hawk Moth) is a tale of tenacity and survival spanning to the bare landscapes of northern Europe and the fringes of central Asia. Translation rights have been sold to nine countries. The Midwife is her English debut.