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The Midwife: A Memoir of Birth, Joy, and Hard Times

By Jennifer Worth

Book information

Publisher
Penguin
Year
2009
ISBN
0143116231, 9780143116233
LCC
RG950 .W675 2009
Open Library ID
OL22849676M
Language
english
Format
MOBI
Filesize
580 kB (593796 bytes)
Edition
Reprint
Pages
352\0
Time added
2012-03-09 12:00:00

Description

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.

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