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A Summer Wedding for the Cornish Midwife
by Jo Bartlett
I loved the Cornish Midwife, a heart-warming and uplifting story, and was happy to travel Port Agnes and catch up with the group of midwives.
This is the story of Anna, an emotionally charged novel that made me smile and moved me as it heart-warming and heart wrenching at the same time.
I read it in one afternoon and I couldn’t put it down as I was involved in the character’s life.
It’s a romantic story but it’s also deals with serious issues like how hard can be to accept that you are not going to conceive. I appreciated the empathy of the writer toward her characters and how she’s never judgemental even if she’s great at describing how judgemental people can be.
We read about Anna’s sufferance, fears and how she comes to accept that family means a lot more than the traditional mother/father/children.
She also has to face the unvoluntary cruelty of people and, working as midwife, she deals everyday with expectant mothers.
Her path is not easy and is full of bumps, but I loved how she grew accepting what good is her life and how true Brea’s love is.
I warmed up to her slowly and I loved how she “grew up”. I didn’t like her so much at the beginning as she grated a bit on my nerves. She’s still grieving the death of her parents after quite a long time (18 years is a long time, I lost my mother 18 years ago) but I also accept that everyone deals with grief in a different way.
The Anna at the end of the book is a grown up, fulfilled and happy woman that counts her blessings.
The author did an excellent job with the development of the characters as they are relatable, realistic and well thought.
My favourite is Jess, her story is heart wrenching and I hope we will read more about her in another novel.
Brea, Anna’s future husband, is great: a supportive and clever man who’s able to support Anna and never fails her.
There’s a strong sense of community and I loved the description the midwife’s work.
It’s an excellent and gripping story that kept me thinking about the characters even after I read the last page.
I can’t wait to travel again to Port Agnes.
Highly recommended.
Many thanks to Boldwood Books and Netgalley for this ARC, all opinions are mine.
This is the story of Anna, an emotionally charged novel that made me smile and moved me as it heart-warming and heart wrenching at the same time.
I read it in one afternoon and I couldn’t put it down as I was involved in the character’s life.
It’s a romantic story but it’s also deals with serious issues like how hard can be to accept that you are not going to conceive. I appreciated the empathy of the writer toward her characters and how she’s never judgemental even if she’s great at describing how judgemental people can be.
We read about Anna’s sufferance, fears and how she comes to accept that family means a lot more than the traditional mother/father/children.
She also has to face the unvoluntary cruelty of people and, working as midwife, she deals everyday with expectant mothers.
Her path is not easy and is full of bumps, but I loved how she grew accepting what good is her life and how true Brea’s love is.
I warmed up to her slowly and I loved how she “grew up”. I didn’t like her so much at the beginning as she grated a bit on my nerves. She’s still grieving the death of her parents after quite a long time (18 years is a long time, I lost my mother 18 years ago) but I also accept that everyone deals with grief in a different way.
The Anna at the end of the book is a grown up, fulfilled and happy woman that counts her blessings.
The author did an excellent job with the development of the characters as they are relatable, realistic and well thought.
My favourite is Jess, her story is heart wrenching and I hope we will read more about her in another novel.
Brea, Anna’s future husband, is great: a supportive and clever man who’s able to support Anna and never fails her.
There’s a strong sense of community and I loved the description the midwife’s work.
It’s an excellent and gripping story that kept me thinking about the characters even after I read the last page.
I can’t wait to travel again to Port Agnes.
Highly recommended.
Many thanks to Boldwood Books and Netgalley for this ARC, all opinions are mine.