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The Midwife by Jennifer Worth
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The Midwife

A Memoir of Birth, Joy, and Hard Times

Jennifer Worth

Penguin Publishing Group · 2009-04-07

The Midwife: A Memoir of Birth, Joy, and Hard Times

Biography & MemoirSocial ScienceGiftsWomenMemoirs

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Who It's For

  • Good for readers who enjoy Biography & Memoir
  • Good for readers interested in gifts
  • Strong fit for readers who prefer grounded, real-world context.

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  • Themes: Gifts, Women, Memoirs.
  • Reading lane: Biography & Memoir and Social Science.
  • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group.

About This Book

An unforgettable true story, The Midwife is the basis for the hit PBS drama Call the Midwife At the age of twenty-two, Jennifer Worth leaves her comfortable home to move into a convent and become a midwife in post war London's East End slums. The colorful characters she meets while delivering babies all over London-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 and dockers of the city's...

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An unforgettable true story, The Midwife is the basis for the hit PBS drama Call the Midwife At the age of twenty-two, Jennifer Worth leaves her comfortable home to move into a convent and become a midwife in post war London's East End slums. The colorful characters she meets while delivering babies all over London-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 and dockers of the city's seedier side-illuminate a fascinating time in history. Beautifully written and utterly moving, The Midwife will touch the hearts of anyone who is, and everyone who has, a mother.