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Format: Quality Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: Apr 2009
Genre: Biography & Autobiography - Women
Retail Price: $18.00
Pages: 352
An unforgettable story of the joy of motherhood, the bravery of a community, and the hope of one extraordinary woman
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.
I watched the tv series on PBS and I knew that the book would be different. Its no reflection on the tv series, but the book gave such a bigger, more consice descriptions of life in the 1950s England.I am looking forward to reading the rest in this series of books. After reading one of these books I so feel a part of the story.