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'Unforgettable' GUARDIAN

'Poignant, funny and enlightening' DAILY EXPRESS

'Gripping, moving and convincing from beginning to end . . . a powerful evocation of a long-gone world' LITERARY REVIEW

THE BESTSELLING BOOK THAT INSPIRED THE AWARD-WINNING BBC TV SERIES

In this extraordinary account of life as midwife in 1950s London, Jennifer Worth recounts her experiences - and those of the women she helped - in all their stark, colourful and at times shocking reality.

Life in London's East End in the 1950s was tough. The brothels of Cable Street, the Kray brothers and gang warfare, the meths drinkers in the bomb sites - this was the world that Jennifer Worth entered when she became a midwife at the age of twenty-two. Babies were born in slum conditions, often with no running water.

In Call the Midwife, Worth describes the romance and beauty of London as well as the bug-infested tenements, the spectre of disease, the sense of community and the incredible resilience of women who often bore more than ten children. Funny and moving, it brings to life a world that has now changed beyond measure.


'Superbly moving but also witty' CLOSER


'The characters . . . stay with you for a long time' WOMAN MAGAZINE

'Unforgettable' GUARDIAN

'Poignant, funny and enlightening' DAILY EXPRESS

'Gripping, moving and convincing from beginning to end . . . a powerful evocation of a long-gone world' LITERARY REVIEW

THE BESTSELLING BOOK THAT INSPIRED THE AWARD-WINNING BBC TV SERIES

In this extraordinary account of life as midwife in 1950s London, Jennifer Worth recounts her experiences - and those of the women she helped - in all their stark, colourful and at times shocking reality.

Life in London's East End in the 1950s was tough. The brothels of Cable Street, the Kray brothers and gang warfare, the meths drinkers in the bomb sites - this was the world that Jennifer Worth entered when she became a midwife at the age of twenty-two. Babies were born in slum conditions, often with no running water.

In Call the Midwife, Worth describes the romance and beauty of London as well as the bug-infested tenements, the spectre of disease, the sense of community and the incredible resilience of women who often bore more than ten children. Funny and moving, it brings to life a world that has now changed beyond measure.


'Superbly moving but also witty' CLOSER


'The characters . . . stay with you for a long time' WOMAN MAGAZINE

Über den Autor
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 25 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.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
Genre: Biographien, Importe
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: 340 S.
Illustrations
ports
ISBN-13: 9780753827871
ISBN-10: 0753827875
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Worth, Jennifer
Hersteller: Orion Publishing Group
Phoenix
Weidenfeld and Nicholson
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Petersen Buchimport GmbH, Vertrieb, Weidestr. 122a, D-22083 Hamburg, gpsr@petersen-buchimport.com
Abbildungen: Illustrations, ports
Maße: 195 x 126 x 26 mm
Von/Mit: Jennifer Worth
Erscheinungsdatum: 05.01.2012
Gewicht: 0,274 kg
Artikel-ID: 106757274

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