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The Midwife's Daughter - Patricia Ferguson BABTBy Patricia FergusonRead by Joanna TopeBBC Blurb: Set at the turn of the twentieth century, the new novel by Orange Prize listed author Patricia Ferguson is the compassionate and moving story of two sisters and the young black orphan who changes their lives.Abridged by Robin BrooksProduced by Gaynor Macfarlane.#1 Violet Dimond has a terrible nightmare about her dead daughter but wonders if the dream may not strictly be her own.#2 Violet has had a nightmare about her dead daughter Ruth and sets off to visit her twin sister Bea, whose dream it may actually have been.#3 Violet has taken Grace home to Silkhampton, where she causes quite a stir, and Violet receives an unwelcome visitor.#4 Grace is accepted as part of the Silkhampton community. At a school sports day, she catches a glimpse - for the first time - of another person who looks like her.#5 Violet suspects that Bea has been keeping a secret