A fascinating slice of social history, this is a collection of Jennifer Worth's tales of being a midwife in 1950s London. They are stories about people struggling in the face of tremendous poverty and deprivation, and will appeal to the large audience for misery memoirs and tales of triumph over tragedy. Worth came from a sheltered upbringing, and when she began work in the Docklands she was shocked by the impoverished surroundings in which many women gave birth, but she also encountered amazing kindness and understanding. '"Call The Midwife" is a powerful evocation of a long-gone world.' "Literary Review"
Über den Autor Jennifer Worth
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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.
