Call The Midwife

A True Story Of The East End In The 1950s

Jennifer Worth, SRN, SCM

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English

Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
01 March 2012

Biography; Memoirs; Social & cultural history; Midwifery

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.

By: Jennifer Worth SRN SCM
Imprint: Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 132mm, Width: 199mm, Spine: 24mm
Weight: 270g
ISBN: 9780753827871
ISBN 10: 0753827875
Pages: 368
Publication Date: 01 March 2012
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Jennifer Worth trained as a nurse at the Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading, and was later ward sister at the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital in London, then the Marie Curie Hospital, also in London. Music had always been her passion, and in 1973 she left nursing in order to study music intensively, teaching piano and singing for about twenty-five years. Jennifer died in May 2011 after a short illness, leaving her husband Philip, two daughters and three grandchildren. Her books have all been bestsellers.

Reviews for Call The Midwife: A True Story Of The East End In The 1950s

Re-released to tie in with a new BBC adaptation, you must read this superbly moving but also witty story. CLOSER 20120114 This is a funny, at times disturbing, memoir of a world that has now changed beyond measure. HUDDERSFIELD DAILY EXAMINER 20120114 A poignant, funny and enlightening book -- Charlotte Vowden DAILY EXPRESS 20120210