Call the Midwife
Books | Biography & Autobiography / Women
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Jennifer Worth
The highest-rated drama in BBC history, Call the Midwife will delight fans of Downton Abbey Viewers everywhere have fallen in love with this candid look at post-war London. In the 1950s, twenty-two-year-old Jenny Lee leaves her comfortable home to move into a convent and become a midwife in London's East End slums. While delivering babies all over the city, Jenny encounters a colorful cast of women—from the plucky, warm-hearted nuns with whom she lives, to the woman with twenty-four children who can't speak English, to the prostitutes of the city's seedier side.An unfortgettable story of motherhood, the bravery of a community, and the strength of remarkable and inspiring women, Call the Midwife is the true story behind the beloved PBS series, which will soon return for its sixth season.
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Author
Jennifer Worth
Pages
352
Publisher
Penguin
Published Date
2012-08-29
ISBN
1101614404 9781101614402
Ratings
Google: 4.5
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"Through the eyes of a young midwife, Jennifer Worth captures the lives and loves of the families in the 1950’s in London’s Poplar neighborhood. A number of the stories were included in the popular series “Call the Midwife.” I enjoyed both the book and the series, all 12 seasons, available now on Netflix."
Merry
"I loved this memoir. She wrote it so well and the stories are incredible. Reading about midwifery in the 1940/50/60's is so fascinating."
Holl | Momma Needs to Read
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Trish Shepherd
"I hate to be this person, but the books are so much better than the show. I enjoy both and I know there’s only so much you can keep from a book. The actual stories are a lot darker than I realized. I couldn’t get the experiences out of my mind for many days after."
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Amelie Nolasco