Night Waking

Historian Anna Bennett moves her family to a remote Hebridean island, juggling her writing ambitions with the challenges of parenthood, sleep deprivation, and her husband's absence. She becomes increasingly haunted by the discovery of a baby's skeleton in her garden, while her story is interwoven with heartfelt letters from a 19th-century midwife trying to bring modern medicine to a secluded community. This compelling narrative explores the intersecting lives of these two women in a story that is both moving and darkly humorous.