The Midwife
Author | : Jennifer Worth |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 353 |
Release | : 2009-04-07 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780143116233 |
ISBN-13 | : 0143116231 |
Rating | : 4/5 (231 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Midwife written by Jennifer Worth and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2009-04-07 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.