Call the Midwife: A Memoir of Birth, Joy, and Hard Times -- Jennifer Worth, Paperback
The highest-rated drama in BBC history, Call the Midwife will delight fans of Downton Abbey Viewers everywhere have fallen in love with this candid look at post-war London. In the 1950s, twenty-two-year-old Jenny Lee leaves her comfortable home to move into a convent and become a midwife in London's East End slums. While delivering babies all over the city, Jenny encounters a colorful cast of women--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 of the city's seedier side. An unfortgettable story of motherhood, the bravery of a community, and the strength of remarkable and inspiring women, Call the Midwife is the true story behind the beloved PBS series, which will soon return for its sixth season.
Author: Jennifer Worth
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 8/29/2012
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.57 lbs
Size: 8.2" H x 5.22" L x 0.74" W
ISBN: 9780143123255
