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Call The Midwife: A True Story Of The East End In The 1950s by Jennifer Worth (Paperback, 2012)
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Title: Call The Midwife. Jennifer Worth's tales of being a midwife in 1950s London, now a major BBC TV series. Funny, disturbing and incredibly moving, Jennifer's stories bring to life the colourful world of the East End in the 1950s.
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Jennifer Worth came from a sheltered background when she became a midwife in the Docklands in the 1950s. The conditions in which many women gave birth just half a century ago were horrifying, not only because of their grimly impoverished surroundings, but also because of what they were expected to endure. But while Jennifer witnessed brutality and tragedy, she also met with amazing kindness and understanding, tempered by a great deal of Cockney humour. She also earned the confidences of some whose lives were truly stranger, more poignant and more terrifying than could ever be recounted in fiction. Attached to an order of nuns who had been working in the slums since the 1870s, Jennifer tells the story not only of the women she treated, but also of the community of nuns (including one who was accused of stealing jewels from Hatton Garden) and the camaraderie of the midwives with whom she trained. Funny, disturbing and incredibly moving, Jennifer's stories bring to life the colourful world of the East End in the 1950s.Product Identifiers
PublisherOrion Publishing Co
ISBN-139780753827871
eBay Product ID (ePID)111696490
Product Key Features
Book TitleCall the Midwife: a True Story of the East End in the 1950s
AuthorJennifer Worth
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2012
GenreBiographies & True Stories
Number of Pages368 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height132mm
Item Width199mm
Item Weight270g
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorJennifer Worth
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
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- 09 Feb, 2017
Great book
Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 18 Jun, 2020
Great story.
Love the book but the first couple of pages have been torn out.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 28 Mar, 2023
Brilliant!
Brilliant true depiction of Life in England during the 50's,60's and 70's. A 'must have' in every Library!Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 21 Mar, 2023
It is compelling.
It tells about the east end which I did not know.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 17 May, 2024
Great, many thanks 🙏
Great, many thanks 🙏Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 22 Sep, 2016
good looking book
good condition, have only read few pages but loving it already..am saving it for the holidays :)Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 25 Aug, 2016
Call The Midwife
Excellent condition and good story,Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
