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The sequel to Jennifer Worth's New York Times bestselling memoir and the basis for the PBS series Call the Midwife

When twenty-two-year-old Jennifer Worth, from a comfortable middle-class upbringing, went to work as a midwife in the direst section of postwar London, she not only delivered hundreds of babies and touched many lives, she also became the neighborhood's most vivid chronicler. Woven into the ongoing tales of her

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"True-to-life look at the exhilarating stories of a midwife in poverty-stricken East London in the 1950s"--Container.

"True-to-life look at the exhilarating stories of a midwife in poverty-stricken East London in the 1950s"--Container.

Chronicles the lives of a group of midwives who care for expectant mothers in the East End of London in the late-1950s to mid-1960s. A drama about the lives of a group of midwives who care for expectant mothers in the East End of London. It is now 1964 and times are changing, from the introduction of the contraceptive pill, to cancer-screening programs, and the construction of new high-rise buildings. The nuns and nurses continue to face challenging...

A heartwarming coming-of-age story and a startling look at women's lives in the poorest section of postwar London, this final book in the acclaimed memoir series is the basis for the acclaimed PBS series. When twenty-two-year-old Jennifer Worth, from a comfortable middle-class upbringing, went to work as a midwife in the poorest section of postwar London, she not only delivered hundreds of babies and touched many lives, she also became the neighborhood's...

In the 1950s, Jennifer Worth was a district midwife in East London. She worked with an order of nursing nuns, learning how to cope with midwifery in slum conditions. In the course of her training she met many interesting characters, whose stories are told in this book. When the workhouses of Britain officially closed in 1930, there was nowhere for inmates to go. So workhouses merely changed their names and carried on much the same as before. The conditions,...

"Letters to the Midwife is a wonderful collection of correspondence received by Jennifer Worth, offering a glimpse into a long-lost world" - back cover "Jennifer Worth (1935-2011) based her hugely successful books, Call the Midwife, Shadows of the Workhouse and Farewell to the East End, on her own experiences in the East End in the 1950s. This book contains letters from all sorts of people - from other midwives to lorry drivers - responding to the...