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Paperback Call the Midwife: A True Story of the East End in the 1950s Book

ISBN: 0753823837

ISBN13: 9780753823835

Call the Midwife: A True Story of the East End in the 1950s

(Book #1 in the The Midwife Trilogy Series)

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Book Overview

The 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. This description may be from another edition of this product.

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6 customer ratings | 5 reviews

Rated 5 stars
I highly recommend!

I absolutely adore the TV series so decided to try the book and was not disappointed. While viewers will recognize most of the stories (from the first season) there is also more detail in the book. Worth also fills out the fascinating background of midwifery and paints in details that bring the East End to life. I found it to be a quick and engaging read.

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Rated 5 stars
Awesome book, Love to Reread!

Such an enjoyable book to read. Her writing is easy to understand yet full of depth, and love.

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Rated 5 stars
I loved this book

I really like the tv series of this book which is why I ordered it. I enjoyed reading and picturing the characters. Many of the chapters had been made into the episodes and it was nice to have some background information from both the book and the tv series to better understand what was going on.

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Rated 5 stars
A Well-told Tale. Five Stars!

Jennifer Worth's tale of her time as a midwife in the Docklands of London's East End in the 1950's reads more like a Dickensian novel from the 1850's. Early in the book, she explains that by the early 1960's, the East-ender Cockney culture and dockworker-dominated economy in this part of London came quietly to an end. Until then, this culture had sustained itself for more than 100 years with little change, highly insulated...

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Touching Tale

When I first heard about the book THE MIDWIFE: A Memoir of Birth, Joy, and Hard Times by Jennifer Worth, I just knew I wanted to read it. I have always been fascinated by the role of midwives in our history, and I thought the idea of the author living in a convent would be interesting. too While I was thinking that I'd probably like this book, I can definitely say that THE MIDWIFE far exceeded my expectations! This is a major...

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