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Call the midwife, [a Gab bag for book discussion groups], Jennifer Worth ; clinical editor, Terri Coates

Label
Call the midwife, [a Gab bag for book discussion groups], 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
Medium
kit
Oclc number
885256033
Responsibility statement
Jennifer Worth ; clinical editor, Terri Coates
Sub title
[a Gab bag for book discussion groups]
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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