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Call The Midwife :A True Story Of The East End In The 1950s
Call The Midwife :A True Story Of The East End In The 1950s
paperback
Published:
5 January, 2012
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Description
'Unforgettable' GUARDIAN
'Poignant, funny and enlightening' DAILY EXPRESS
'Gripping, moving and convincing from beginning to end . . . a powerful evocation of a long-gone world' LITERARY REVIEW
THE BESTSELLING BOOK THAT INSPIRED THE AWARD-WINNING BBC TV SERIES
In this extraordinary account of life as midwife in 1950s London, Jennifer Worth recounts her experiences - and those of the women she helped - in all their stark, colourful and at times shocking reality.
Life in London's East End in the 1950s was tough. The brothels of Cable Street, the Kray brothers and gang warfare, the meths drinkers in the bomb sites - this was the world that Jennifer Worth entered when she became a midwife at the age of twenty-two. Babies were born in slum conditions, often with no running water.
In Call the Midwife, Worth describes the romance and beauty of London as well as the bug-infested tenements, the spectre of disease, the sense of community and the incredible resilience of women who often bore more than ten children. Funny and moving, it brings to life a world that has now changed beyond measure.
'Superbly moving but also witty' CLOSER
'The characters . . . stay with you for a long time' WOMAN MAGAZINE
Prizes
Short-listed for Galaxy British Book Awards: Play.com Popular Non-Fiction Award 2009
More Details
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9780753823835 |
| ISBN10 | 0753823837 |
| Number Of Pages | 368 |
| Item Weight | 275 g |
| Product Dimensions | 128 x 196 x 26 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Orion Publishing Co |
| Format | paperback |
Media Reviews
Worth's books are full of fascinating social history: about living conditions in east London, the scale of poverty and violence, the realities of postwar medicine and the workhouse * NEW STATESMAN *
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Author's Bio
Jennifer Worth trained as a nurse at the Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading, and was later ward sister at the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital in London, then the Marie Curie Hospital, also in London. Music had always been her passion, and in 1973 she left nursing in order to study music intensively, teaching piano and singing for about twenty-five years. Jennifer died in May 2011 after a short illness, leaving her husband Philip, two daughters and three grandchildren. Her books have all been bestsellers.