Born into the squalor of the Ash-Pits, young Susan Lucket is determined to raise herself above the poverty of her childhood. So, discovering she has a natural talent as a midwife, she seizes her chance to try for a better life. When Edward Calthorpe, son of a privileged landowner, offers her marriage, the memory of her terrible childhood returns to haunt her, and when Edward's wayward younger brother seduces and betrays Polly, her beloved younger sister. Susan, faces losing everything she has struggled for.
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Born into the squalor of the Ash-Pits, young Susan Lucket is determined to raise herself above the poverty of her childhood. So, discovering she has a natural talent as a midwife, she seizes her chance to try for a better life. When Edward Calthorpe, son of a privileged landowner, offers her marriage, the memory of her terrible childhood returns to haunt her, and when Edward's wayward younger brother seduces and betrays Polly, her beloved younger sister. Susan, faces losing everything she has struggled for.
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Good in good dust jacket. Outline: -Born into the squalor of the notorious Ash-Pits, young Susan Lucket is determined to raise herself from her humble origins. Sent to the village school by a discerning patroness and later taught by one of the new `man-midwives`, her intuitive skill at assisting women in childbirth leads to demands for her services from gentlewomen as well as poor cottager`s wives and as an independent and unmarried midwife she is far ahead of her time. Yet when Edward Calthorpe, youngest son of the privileged landowner of Bever House, offers her marriage, the memory of her degraded childhood returns to haunt her: and the seduction and betrayal of her beloved younger sister, Polly, by Edward`s wayward brother causes deep divisions between her and his family. As Susan discovers that all women share the pain and peril of childhood, whether in a manor house or a hovel she fights for her own right to life and happiness...-> the publisher of this PAPERBACK book is Arrow Books Ltd The date of this copy is 2003 booksalvation have grade it as Good and it will be shipped from our UK warehouse This book is from the Series. Shipping is Free for UK buyers and at a reasonable charge for buyer outside the UK.