THE MIDWIFE OF ST. PETERSBURG
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Copyright ©2007 by Linda Lee Chaikin

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Chaikin, L. L., 1943–
   The midwife of St. Petersburg : a novel / Linda Lee Chaikin. — 1st ed.
      p. cm.
   eISBN: 978-0-307-49946-2
   1. Midwives—Fiction. 2. Soviet Union—History—Revolution, 1917–1921—Fiction.
I. Title.
      PS3553.H2427M53 2007
   813′.54—dc22

2007000454

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