Book description
The Book of the Unnamed Midwife
★★★★☆
This audiobook doesn't just tell a story-it carves it into your ribs with a blunt instrument.
The unnamed midwife wakes to find her world hollowed out. A fever has done what armies couldn't-left women scarce, children deadly to bear, civilization a memory. What remains is raw power, seized by those strong enough to take it.
Meg Elison's protagonist moves through this broken landscape like a ghost in borrowed skin. She wears men's clothes, speaks with careful lies, trusts almost no one. Her survival depends on invisibility, on becoming unremarkable enough that hungry men won't see her as threat or prize.
The narration captures something essential about solitude. Long stretches pass with only the midwife's internal monologue, her careful observations of a world stripped to its essentials. When she does encounter others, the tension crackles-will they see through her disguise? Will she have to run again?
What elevates this beyond typical post-apocalyptic fare is its unflinching focus on bodily autonomy. In a world where pregnancy means death, where women's bodies have become battlegrounds, the very act of choosing becomes revolutionary.
The midwife's journey isn't just physical but philosophical. Freedom proves fragile, temporary. True power lies not in hiding but in deciding what kind of future deserves midwifing into existence.
A harsh, necessary listen.
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Playing a wide variety of audio formats
Works on all devices with iOS 13 and newer
Huge amount of features for a small price
Frequent updates to add new features and improve existing ones
Advanced playback controls
Live sound processing
Changing the timbre of the reader's voice and noise reduction
Translated into more than 20 languages
If you love listening to fiction audiobooks, ListenBook has features to make the process easier.
Edit book data: title, author, cover
Use equalizer to make the sound comfortable for you
Adjust the playback speed
Enjoy dark and light app themes
Supported formats: MP3, M4B, AWB, FLAC, OGG audio files and many more (must be DRM free)
Auto-Bookmarks make it easy to find your place
AirPlay support allows redirection of audio output.
VoiceOver support
Dark mode for night owls
Convenient bookmarking system helps you mark the most important places.
Unlimited bookmarks for each audiobook
Put your own cover on the wager
Share your audiobook with friends
Lock-screen control
Customise app with extensive options
Sleep timer with shake to reset, set custom notification sounds, and a few unique options
Auto rewind depending on paused time, customize rewind times to your liking
Removing background noise from recordings made in classrooms and meetings
Changing the timbre of the reader's voice for a better listening experience