Call the Midwife : A Memoir of Birth, Joy, and Hard Times by Jennifer Worth (2012, Trade Paperback)

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PublisherPenguin Publishing Group
ISBN-100143123254
ISBN-139780143123255
eBay Product ID (ePID)117148185

Product Key Features

Book TitleCall the Midwife : a Memoir of Birth, Joy, and Hard Times
Number of Pages352 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicWomen, Cultural Heritage, Personal Memoirs, Pregnancy & Childbirth, Women's Studies, Gynecology & Obstetrics, Europe / Great Britain / General
Publication Year2012
GenreHealth & Fitness, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography, History, Medical
AuthorJennifer Worth
Book SeriesThe Midwife Trilogy Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight10.2 Oz
Item Length7.9 in
Item Width5.2 in

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Reviews"Jennifer Worth's memories of her years as a midwife were at once hilarious and tremendously moving." -Ayelet Waldman, author of Love and Other Impossible Pursuits "Worth is indeed a natural storyteller. . . . Her detailed account of being a midwife in London's East End is gripping, moving, and convincing from beginning to end." - Literary Review "I loved the people, the nuns, the tough dockers, the prostitutes and pimps, seen with the fresh eyes of youth." - The Guardian   "Readers will fall in love with Call the Midwife . . . an affirmation of life during the best and worst of times." -Elizabeth Brundage, author of The Doctor's Wife
Dewey Edition22
Grade FromTwelfth Grade
Series Volume Number1
Dewey Decimal618.2
Edition DescriptionMedia tie-in
SynopsisThe 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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  • CTM makes you thankful to have them around

    I watched the tv program on PBS and although it is good, the book is more detailed. It is an easy read. I read it in two days. The story of Jenny Worth's life delivering babies is intriguing. Could not get enough and am ordering the other two.

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  • Good Read

    Jenny Worth is a great writer. The book portrayed the hardships that postwar Britain experienced and of course the midwives.

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  • Tears and joy as you read

    Life in East End London 1950’s comes alive. Compassion from the nuns and midwifes is overwhelming. I couldn’t put it down.

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  • Another Great Jennifer Worth Book

    Another great book in the "Call the Midwife" series. Whether you have watched the series on PBS or not, worth reading.

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  • Call the Midwife

    Due to the fact that the woman who wrote this book lived the life she wrote about makes it more interesting.

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  • The book is always better

    I loved the series and knew I would love the books. And the book is even better.

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  • Green read

    Series followed story very closely.

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  • fantastic and heart warming..

    One of the best books around for sure; and true! A real inspiration.

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  • Tells it like it is.

    I love the series on PBS and love reading each personal story.

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  • Great bargain, wonderful book

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