The Midwife's Secret Quotes

“And even if you’re married to the nicest guy in the world, all the pressure is on the mother and it’s totally taken for granted.”
― Emily Gunnis, The Midwife's Secret

“Unfortunately when someone has been institutionalised as long as your father has, they have a skewed view of the world. Nothing is ever their fault; there is always an excuse – that if this hadn’t happened, or that person hadn’t let me down, everything would be fine. Don’t let him make you feel guilty.”
― Emily Gunnis, The Midwife's Secret

“Unfortunately when someone has been institutionalised as long as your father has, they have a skewed view of the world. Nothing is ever their fault; there is always an excuse – that if this hadn’t happened, or that person hadn’t let me down, everything would be fine. Don’t let him make you”
― Emily Gunnis, The Midwife's Secret

“But she knew that too many people hated her, that her life was made up of sand racing through an hourglass.”
― Emily Gunnis, The Midwife's Secret

“Nothing hurt more than people who said nothing to her about Alice. In the weeks and months after she’d disappeared, many of her friends had fumbled around, not knowing what to say, often saying the wrong thing. But she didn’t mind what they said, as long as they said something.”
― Emily Gunnis, The Midwife's Secret

“Nell,”
― Emily Gunnis, The Midwife's Secret

“Passing the full-length antique gold mirror that had been unscrewed from the wall and was propped up at her feet, she realised that the elderly lady with the stooped shoulders, frail frame and wispy light grey hair was her.”
― Emily Gunnis, The Midwife's Secret

“She felt in the depths of her heart that Alice still existed somewhere, in another world, another place. It was just a place Vanessa wasn’t allowed to visit. Yet.”
― Emily Gunnis, The Midwife's Secret

“the things she wanted to forget she remembered, and the things she wanted to remember she forgot.”
― Emily Gunnis, The Midwife's Secret

“It was a man’s world, and few knew what pain a woman suffered for his pleasure.”
― Emily Gunnis, The Midwife's Secret

“would have been. She hated herself for it, but she had prayed earlier in the week that Heather wouldn’t get better and leave.”
― Emily Gunnis, The Midwife's Secret

“mean, we do the school run, the washing, the shopping, the cooking, the cleaning, organise the parties, nurture friendships, pick them up and dust them down after every upset. But if dads do any of those things, it gets commented on. Isn’t he good?”
― Emily Gunnis, The Midwife's Secret