Bibliograph

Call the midwife, a memoir of birth, joy, and hard times, Jennifer Worth ; clinical editor, Terri Coates

Type

Label

Call the midwife, a memoir of birth, joy, and hard times, Jennifer Worth ; clinical editor, Terri Coates

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (page 340)

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Call the midwife

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

795176876

Responsibility statement

Jennifer Worth ; clinical editor, Terri Coates

Sub title

a memoir of birth, joy, and hard times

Summary

Jennifer Worth was just twenty-two when she volunteered to spend her early years of midwifery training in London's East End in the 1950s. Coming from a sheltered background there were tough lessons to be learned. The conditions in which many women gave birth just half a century ago were horrifying

Table Of Contents

Call the midwife -- Nonnatus House -- Morning visits -- Chummy -- Molly -- The bicycle -- Antenatal clinic -- Rickets -- Eclampsia -- Fred -- A Christmas baby -- A breech delivery -- Jimmy -- Len & Concita Warren -- Sister Monica Joan -- Mary -- Zakir -- Cable Street -- Cafe life -- Flight -- sister Evangelina -- Mrs. Jenkins -- Rosie -- The workhouse -- The bottom dropped out of pigs -- Of mixed descent I -- Of mixed descent II -- Of mixed descent III -- The luncheon party -- Smog -- The flying squad -- A premature baby -- Old, old age -- In the beginning

Target audience

adult

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Midwife, a memoir of birth, joy and hard times

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