Gratuit avec l'essai de 30 jours
-
Call the Midwife
- A Memoir of Birth, Joy, and Hard Times
- Narrateur(s): Nicola Barber
- Durée: 12 h et 1 min
Échec de l'ajout au panier.
Échec de l'ajout à la liste d'envies.
Échec de la suppression de la liste d’envies.
Échec du suivi du balado
Ne plus suivre le balado a échoué
Acheter pour 31,76$
Aucun mode de paiement valide enregistré.
Nous sommes désolés. Nous ne pouvons vendre ce titre avec ce mode de paiement
Explorer
-
Shadows of the Workhouse
- Call the Midwife, Book 2
- Auteur(s): Jennifer Worth
- Narrateur(s): Nicola Barber
- Durée: 10 h et 14 min
- Version intégrale
-
Au global
-
Performance
-
Histoire
When twenty-two-year-old Jennifer Worth, from a comfortable middle-class upbringing, went to work as a midwife in the direst section of postwar London, she not only delivered hundreds of babies and touched many lives, she also became the neighborhood';s most vivid chronicler. Woven into the ongoing tales of her life in the East End are the true stories of the people Worth met who grew up in the dreaded workhouse, a Dickensian institution that limped on into the middle of the twentieth century.
-
-
Different Style from Book 1, but Still Great
- Écrit par The Math Devil le 2019-04-22
Auteur(s): Jennifer Worth
-
Call the Midwife: Farewell to the East End
- Book 3
- Auteur(s): Jennifer Worth
- Narrateur(s): Nicola Barber
- Durée: 10 h et 49 min
- Version intégrale
-
Au global
-
Performance
-
Histoire
When 22-year-old Jennifer Worth, from a comfortable middle-class upbringing, went to work as a midwife in the poorest section of postwar London, she not only delivered hundreds of babies and touched many lives, she also became the neighborhood's most vivid chronicler. Call the Midwife: Farewell to the East End is the last book in Worth's memoir trilogy, which the Times Literary Supplement described as "powerful stories with sweet charm and controlled outrage" in the face of dire circumstances.
-
-
I laughed and cried and learned
- Écrit par Chris le 2023-01-08
Auteur(s): Jennifer Worth
-
When the Nightingale Sings
- Auteur(s): Suzanne Kelman
- Narrateur(s): Tamsin Kennard
- Durée: 12 h et 43 min
- Version intégrale
-
Au global
-
Performance
-
Histoire
When an impossibly shy young woman named Judy Morgan finishes her studies in Physics at Cambridge University, it is with dreams of changing the world for the better. Meanwhile, a beautiful, young Jewish woman decides to flee her beloved Austria, changing her name to Hedy Lamarr, and risking everything to get to America, as far away from the Nazi threat as possible.
-
-
Great true story!
- Écrit par Jeanette le 2022-02-12
Auteur(s): Suzanne Kelman
-
Where the Sky Begins
- A Novel
- Auteur(s): Rhys Bowen
- Narrateur(s): Emma Griffiths
- Durée: 11 h et 11 min
- Version intégrale
-
Au global
-
Performance
-
Histoire
London, 1940. Bombs fall and Josie Banks’ world crumbles around her. Her overbearing husband, Stan, is unreachable, called to service. Her home, a ruin of rubble and ash. Josie’s beloved tearoom boss has been killed, and Josie herself is injured, with nothing left and nowhere to go. Evacuated to the English countryside, Josie ends up at the estate of the aristocratic Miss Harcourt, a reluctant host to the survivors of the Blitz. Now a threat looms larger than anyone imagined. And a dangerous secret is about to upend Josie’s life again.
-
-
Check your Canadian History, Ma. Bowen!
- Écrit par Kindle Customer le 2022-08-07
Auteur(s): Rhys Bowen
-
Farewell to the East End
- Auteur(s): Jennifer Worth
- Narrateur(s): Saskia Butler
- Durée: 9 h et 44 min
- Version intégrale
-
Au global
-
Performance
-
Histoire
Written by Jennifer Worth, Farewell to the East End is one of the trilogy of memoirs upon which the popular BBC series Call the Midwife is based. London's East End in the 1950s was a vibrant place-a close-knit community of families where children made playgrounds on bombsites and a lively social scene emerged.
-
-
Excellent book. A strong third in the series,
- Écrit par Crystal Brand le 2023-01-28
Auteur(s): Jennifer Worth
-
The Secret Keeper
- Auteur(s): Kate Morton
- Narrateur(s): Caroline Lee
- Durée: 19 h et 53 min
- Version intégrale
-
Au global
-
Performance
-
Histoire
England, 1959: Laurel Nicolson is 16 years old, dreaming alone in her childhood tree house during a family celebration at their home, Green Acres Farm. She spies a stranger coming up the long road to the farm and then observes her mother, Dorothy, speaking to him. And then she witnesses a crime.
-
-
Pulled Me In From Beginning to End
- Écrit par Lisa P. le 2017-11-26
Auteur(s): Kate Morton
-
Shadows of the Workhouse
- Call the Midwife, Book 2
- Auteur(s): Jennifer Worth
- Narrateur(s): Nicola Barber
- Durée: 10 h et 14 min
- Version intégrale
-
Au global
-
Performance
-
Histoire
When twenty-two-year-old Jennifer Worth, from a comfortable middle-class upbringing, went to work as a midwife in the direst section of postwar London, she not only delivered hundreds of babies and touched many lives, she also became the neighborhood';s most vivid chronicler. Woven into the ongoing tales of her life in the East End are the true stories of the people Worth met who grew up in the dreaded workhouse, a Dickensian institution that limped on into the middle of the twentieth century.
-
-
Different Style from Book 1, but Still Great
- Écrit par The Math Devil le 2019-04-22
Auteur(s): Jennifer Worth
-
Call the Midwife: Farewell to the East End
- Book 3
- Auteur(s): Jennifer Worth
- Narrateur(s): Nicola Barber
- Durée: 10 h et 49 min
- Version intégrale
-
Au global
-
Performance
-
Histoire
When 22-year-old Jennifer Worth, from a comfortable middle-class upbringing, went to work as a midwife in the poorest section of postwar London, she not only delivered hundreds of babies and touched many lives, she also became the neighborhood's most vivid chronicler. Call the Midwife: Farewell to the East End is the last book in Worth's memoir trilogy, which the Times Literary Supplement described as "powerful stories with sweet charm and controlled outrage" in the face of dire circumstances.
-
-
I laughed and cried and learned
- Écrit par Chris le 2023-01-08
Auteur(s): Jennifer Worth
-
When the Nightingale Sings
- Auteur(s): Suzanne Kelman
- Narrateur(s): Tamsin Kennard
- Durée: 12 h et 43 min
- Version intégrale
-
Au global
-
Performance
-
Histoire
When an impossibly shy young woman named Judy Morgan finishes her studies in Physics at Cambridge University, it is with dreams of changing the world for the better. Meanwhile, a beautiful, young Jewish woman decides to flee her beloved Austria, changing her name to Hedy Lamarr, and risking everything to get to America, as far away from the Nazi threat as possible.
-
-
Great true story!
- Écrit par Jeanette le 2022-02-12
Auteur(s): Suzanne Kelman
-
Where the Sky Begins
- A Novel
- Auteur(s): Rhys Bowen
- Narrateur(s): Emma Griffiths
- Durée: 11 h et 11 min
- Version intégrale
-
Au global
-
Performance
-
Histoire
London, 1940. Bombs fall and Josie Banks’ world crumbles around her. Her overbearing husband, Stan, is unreachable, called to service. Her home, a ruin of rubble and ash. Josie’s beloved tearoom boss has been killed, and Josie herself is injured, with nothing left and nowhere to go. Evacuated to the English countryside, Josie ends up at the estate of the aristocratic Miss Harcourt, a reluctant host to the survivors of the Blitz. Now a threat looms larger than anyone imagined. And a dangerous secret is about to upend Josie’s life again.
-
-
Check your Canadian History, Ma. Bowen!
- Écrit par Kindle Customer le 2022-08-07
Auteur(s): Rhys Bowen
-
Farewell to the East End
- Auteur(s): Jennifer Worth
- Narrateur(s): Saskia Butler
- Durée: 9 h et 44 min
- Version intégrale
-
Au global
-
Performance
-
Histoire
Written by Jennifer Worth, Farewell to the East End is one of the trilogy of memoirs upon which the popular BBC series Call the Midwife is based. London's East End in the 1950s was a vibrant place-a close-knit community of families where children made playgrounds on bombsites and a lively social scene emerged.
-
-
Excellent book. A strong third in the series,
- Écrit par Crystal Brand le 2023-01-28
Auteur(s): Jennifer Worth
-
The Secret Keeper
- Auteur(s): Kate Morton
- Narrateur(s): Caroline Lee
- Durée: 19 h et 53 min
- Version intégrale
-
Au global
-
Performance
-
Histoire
England, 1959: Laurel Nicolson is 16 years old, dreaming alone in her childhood tree house during a family celebration at their home, Green Acres Farm. She spies a stranger coming up the long road to the farm and then observes her mother, Dorothy, speaking to him. And then she witnesses a crime.
-
-
Pulled Me In From Beginning to End
- Écrit par Lisa P. le 2017-11-26
Auteur(s): Kate Morton
-
What the Wind Knows
- Auteur(s): Amy Harmon
- Narrateur(s): Saskia Maarleveld, Will Damron
- Durée: 12 h et 24 min
- Version intégrale
-
Au global
-
Performance
-
Histoire
Anne Gallagher grew up enchanted by her grandfather’s stories of Ireland. Heartbroken at his death, she travels to his childhood home to spread his ashes. There, overcome with memories of the man she adored and consumed by a history she never knew, she is pulled into another time. The Ireland of 1921, teetering on the edge of war, is a dangerous place in which to awaken. But there Anne finds herself, hurt, disoriented, and under the care of Dr. Thomas Smith, guardian to a young boy who is oddly familiar.
-
-
Amazing
- Écrit par Desirae Nauss le 2020-03-14
Auteur(s): Amy Harmon
-
The Real Diana
- Auteur(s): Lady Colin Campbell
- Narrateur(s): Sophie Roberts
- Durée: 15 h et 50 min
- Version intégrale
-
Au global
-
Performance
-
Histoire
Royal insider Lady Colin Campbell sets the record straight on many of the most controversial aspects of Diana's turbulent life. In The Real Diana, she reveals that the reason she knew so much about what went on behind the palace gates was because Diana herself was the source. Drawing upon these confidences - as well as on conversations with countless people who knew Diana and with Diana herself in the final years of her life - Lady Colin Campbell combines true insight with true compassion to bring us the most intimate and revealing portrait of the Princess of Wales.
-
-
Decent book but some odd conclusions
- Écrit par Amazon Customer le 2023-01-05
Auteur(s): Lady Colin Campbell
-
The Book Woman's Daughter
- A Novel
- Auteur(s): Kim Michele Richardson
- Narrateur(s): Katie Schorr
- Durée: 10 h et 29 min
- Version intégrale
-
Au global
-
Performance
-
Histoire
In the ruggedness of the beautiful Kentucky mountains, Honey Lovett has always known that the old ways can make a hard life harder. As the daughter of the famed blue-skinned Troublesome Creek packhorse librarian, Honey and her family have been hiding from the law all her life. But when her mother and father are imprisoned, Honey realizes she must fight to stay free, or risk being sent away for good.
-
-
Great read!
- Écrit par Melany C. le 2023-01-10
Auteur(s): Kim Michele Richardson
-
The Charles Dickens Collection: 10 Novels
- Great Expectations; A Tale of Two Cities; Nicholas Nickleby; Oliver Twist; Bleak House; Our Mutual Friend; The Old Curiosity Shop; Dombey and Son; Little Dorrit; A Christmas Carol
- Auteur(s): Charles Dickens
- Narrateur(s): Mil Nicholson, Bob Neufeld
- Durée: 264 h et 28 min
- Version intégrale
-
Au global
-
Performance
-
Histoire
This audiobook includes unabridged recordings of 10 of Charles Dickens' great novels in one audiobook. The novels included here are A Tale of Two Cities, Bleak House, Great Expectations, The Old Curiosity Shop, Oliver Twist, Nicholas Nickleby, Our Mutual Friend, Little Dorrit, Dombey and Son and A Christmas Carol.
Auteur(s): Charles Dickens
-
Murder on the Orient Express
- An Audible Original Drama
- Auteur(s): Agatha Christie
- Narrateur(s): Tom Conti, Jane Asher, Ruta Gedmintas, Autres
- Durée: 5 h et 47 min
- Production originale
-
Au global
-
Performance
-
Histoire
What begins as a routine journey on the luxurious Orient Express soon unfurls into Agatha Christie's most famous murder mystery. This all-star production features lead performances from Tom Conti ( The Dark Knight Rises, Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence) as Hercule Poirot, Sophie Okonedo ( After Earth, Hotel Rwanda and Ace Ventura) and Eddie Marsan ( Sherlock Holmes, V for Vendetta and Hancock) plus a full supporting cast.
-
-
Excellent Dramatization
- Écrit par Gentleman Gamer le 2017-11-14
Auteur(s): Agatha Christie
-
Born Survivors
- Three Young Mothers and Their Extraordinary Story of Courage, Defiance, and Hope
- Auteur(s): Wendy Holden
- Narrateur(s): Elizabeth Wiley
- Durée: 13 h et 8 min
- Version intégrale
-
Au global
-
Performance
-
Histoire
Eastern Europe, 1944: Three women believe they are pregnant, but are torn from their husbands before they can be certain. Rachel is sent to Auschwitz, unaware that her husband has been shot. Priska and her husband travel there together, but are immediately separated. Also at Auschwitz, Anka hopes in vain to be reunited with her husband. With the rest of their families gassed, these young wives are determined to hold on to all they have left-their lives, and those of their unborn babies.
-
-
Narrator was Excellent
- Écrit par Amazon Customer le 2018-05-17
Auteur(s): Wendy Holden
-
The Complete Chronicles of Narnia: All 7 Books
- The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1950), Prince Caspian (1951), The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (1952), The Silver Chair (1953), The Horse and His Boy (1954), The Magician's Nephew (1955), The Last Battle (1956)
- Auteur(s): C. S. Lewis
- Narrateur(s): Adriel Brandt
- Durée: 32 h et 41 min
- Version intégrale
-
Au global
-
Performance
-
Histoire
The Chronicles of Narnia is a series of fantasy novels by the English novelist, essayist, journalist, and critic C. S. Lewis. Set in the fictional realm of Narnia, the series takes place in a fantasy world of magic, myth, and talking animals. It deals with the adventures of various children who play a part in the unfolding history of Narnia. The books cover the entire history of Narnia, from its creation in The Magician's Nephew to its eventual destruction in The Last Battle.
-
-
Great stories, but the narration was disappointing
- Écrit par Mike P F le 2021-07-25
Auteur(s): C. S. Lewis
-
Watership Down
- Auteur(s): Richard Adams
- Narrateur(s): Peter Capaldi
- Durée: 17 h et 31 min
- Version intégrale
-
Au global
-
Performance
-
Histoire
Fiver could sense danger. Something terrible was going to happen to the warren; he felt sure of it. They had to leave immediately. So begins a long and perilous journey of survival for a small band of rabbits. As the rabbits skirt danger at every turn, we become acquainted with the band, its humorous characters, and its compelling culture, complete with its own folk history and mythos. Fiver’s vision finally leads them to Watership Down, an upland meadow. But here they face their most difficult challenges of all.
-
-
Peter Capaldi at his best
- Écrit par hdamoca le 2019-07-19
Auteur(s): Richard Adams
-
Distant Shores
- Auteur(s): Kristin Hannah
- Narrateur(s): Bernadette Quigley
- Durée: 10 h et 17 min
- Version intégrale
-
Au global
-
Performance
-
Histoire
Elizabeth and Jackson Shore married young, raised two daughters, and weathered the storms of youth as they built a future together. But after the children leave home, they quietly drift apart. When Jack accepts a wonderful new job offer, Elizabeth puts her needs aside to follow him across the country. Until the sudden death of her father changes everything.
-
-
Excellent emotional story,
- Écrit par Irene Mackie le 2022-12-09
Auteur(s): Kristin Hannah
-
The Lady's Mine
- Auteur(s): Francine Rivers
- Narrateur(s): Kate Forbes
- Durée: 15 h et 19 min
- Version intégrale
-
Au global
-
Performance
-
Histoire
New York Times best-selling author Francine Rivers returns to the California frontier in this sweeping, romantic tale of a displaced New England suffragette, a former Union soldier disinherited by his Southern family, and the town they join forces to save.
-
-
another great book by one of my favorite authors
- Écrit par DJK le 2022-07-08
Auteur(s): Francine Rivers
-
The George Orwell Complete Collection
- 1984; Animal Farm; Down and Out in Paris and London; The Road to Wigan Pier; Burmese Days; Homage to Catalonia; Essays; and More
- Auteur(s): George Orwell
- Narrateur(s): Jonathan Keeble, Peter Noble, Leighton Pugh, Autres
- Durée: 87 h et 41 min
- Version intégrale
-
Au global
-
Performance
-
Histoire
This audiobook includes unabridged recordings of all George Orwell's greatest works: six novels, three books of non-fiction, a collection of his most well-renowned essays and the complete collection of his poetry.
-
-
Buy the all once
- Écrit par Chris le 2022-11-27
Auteur(s): George Orwell
-
The Convent
- The Shocking True Story of Surviving and Evil Nun's Care Home from Hell
- Auteur(s): Marie Hargreaves
- Narrateur(s): Dorothy Lawrence
- Durée: 8 h et 24 min
- Version intégrale
-
Au global
-
Performance
-
Histoire
When a fancy car pulls up outside six-year-old Marie's home in 1959, her dad tells her she is going on holiday. But little does she know she will not see her home again for four long years. Her family cannot afford to keep her at home. Marie tells the story of how she was taken away from a poor but happy and loving home life to live in a convent - away from everyone and everything she holds dear. Her hair is bluntly chopped, her clothes are taken away and her name is changed. Then a horrific ritual of physical, sexual and mental abuse begins.
-
-
Great Read and Fitting in our current events
- Écrit par DashDerksen le 2021-09-13
Auteur(s): Marie Hargreaves
Description
Audie Award Nominee, Solo Narration - Female, 2013
At the age of 22, Jennifer Worth left her comfortable home to move into a convent and become a midwife in postwar London’s East End slums. The colorful characters she met while delivering babies all over London - from the plucky, warm-hearted nuns with whom she lived to the woman with 24 children who couldn'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, Call the Midwife will touch the hearts of anyone who is, and everyone who has, a mother.
Ce que les critiques en disent
D'autres livres audio du même...
Ce que les auditeurs disent de Call the Midwife
Moyenne des évaluations de clientsÉvaluations – Cliquez sur les onglets pour changer la source des évaluations.
-
Au global
-
Performance
-
Histoire
- E.Runnalls
- 2019-11-16
Excellent
Amazing story. So well read with authentic accents. Watched the tv series and loved it and loved the reading of this book even more.
4 les gens ont trouvé cela utile
-
Au global
-
Performance
-
Histoire
- JGer
- 2018-09-20
Fascinating memoir
I binge watched several seasons of the tv show then listened to the book. The characters feel like family now. :) #Audible1
3 les gens ont trouvé cela utile
-
Au global
-
Performance
-
Histoire
- Buyer
- 2022-11-27
Excellent book
Loved the story.
Person reading was excellent
Worth listening to if you like midwife’s and uk stories
-
Au global
-
Performance
-
Histoire
- Rebecca
- 2022-05-06
Great listen
Well told and fascinating story of midwifery in the East End of London the 1950's.
-
Au global
-
Performance
-
Histoire
- Norman
- 2021-12-16
A Fascinating Insight
I started watching "Call the Midwife" only a few years ago, and when they started airing the series from the beginning, I thought I should read the book.
Now I am bombarded with spoilers from both directions, and have the strongest urge to read the rest of Jennifer Worth's memoirs.
It's really excellent, and offers a powerful insight into the living conditions which persisted in developed cities within my own lifetime, and which continue to exist.
-
Au global
-
Performance
-
Histoire
- Amazon Customer
- 2021-11-10
Heartwarming stories
Great narration, stories of love, loss, courage and spirituality. A very good read. As good as the televison series.
-
Au global
-
Performance
-
Histoire
- Jardinpetitbasin
- 2021-06-29
Incredibly well read and written!
Very good book and the characters came to life with Nicola’s absolute talent for narration.
Highly recommended!
-
Au global
-
Performance
-
Histoire
- Vera
- 2021-05-28
Interesting stories
I did enjoy this book. At times I could not wait for it to end. It just depended on which story was being told. The narrator is definitely an acquired taste. Her spoken voice is clear. I found it too prim with a tendency to whisper on the important parts.
-
Au global
-
Performance
-
Histoire
- Kathy Adams
- 2021-05-21
Perfect narration and enjoyable book.
loved it! The narrator was excellent, her inflection and portrayal of additional characters in the story really added to the enjoyment of this book.
-
Au global
-
Performance
-
Histoire
- Nicola
- 2021-05-12
Not what I expected
This is not at all what I was expecting. I thought it was be more of a story than a history, and I found it a bit tough to get in to. However by the end, I was enthralled!
-
Au global
-
Performance
-
Histoire

- Richard
- 2013-06-12
The best book I've listened to this year
So far this year, I've listened to about 50 books, and this has been the best of them. I don't read much non-fiction, I'm a guy, I'm an American, and I don't have any children, so a book of memoirs from a midwife in 1950's London shouldn't logically resonate with me at all. I can't explain it, but I thought this book was wonderful.
I read a few other reviews that disliked the narrator, but I thought she did a great job. She subtly captures different voices without making it into a big deal. The recording mix was a little strange, though, so if you have headphones that really accentuate bass tones, you might have a little trouble with the sound.
The book is a series of stories about different people that the author interacts with during her time studying nursing at a convent in London. Some of the stories are funny, some are sad, most of them incorporate interesting historical points about women's health, and all of them are amazing.
I wish I was a better reviewer so I could give a better picture of how great this book is. I'd feel a little silly just writing "this book is awesome" until I hit Audible's character limit, but that would about sum it up.
222 les gens ont trouvé cela utile
-
Au global
-
Performance
-
Histoire

- Kathy
- 2012-11-20
This is one I didn't want to put down!
Call the Midwife was a truly gripping book for me. I am interested in birth and so reading about how births were conducted 60 years ago was so fascinating.
Yet, Jennifer Worth's story went far beyond that of the stories of the births she attended. It was the story of her maturing as a nurse and midwife, and of her strongly held notions about what was right and acceptable being challenged. She began her midwifery training at an Anglican convent in the dockland area of London's East End with not much more than disdain for people who were strongly motivated by love of God and called to service because of it. She grew to understand the women who mentored her, and to respect the ones whom she wrote off as just nasty or odd in the beginning. Seeing her dawning understanding of faith was lovely.
She also learned so much from the families of the poor and down trodden of an area so different from what she knew before.
Some of the stories she tells in this book are hilariously funny, and others are completely heartbreaking and painful to read. Worth certainly was a gifted storyteller, reminiscent of James Herriott. I hope the other books she wrote will be released on Audible soon.
Nicola Barber is a competent narrator, and not one who will put me off a book, so I was okay at first. But, I was very surprised; she seemed to really enjoy doing this book, and the characters came alive through her excellent narration. I was very pleased!
I don't think guys should be put of by a book about birthing babies, just as Herriott's books are more about the people than the animals. Give it a go.
140 les gens ont trouvé cela utile
-
Au global
-
Performance
-
Histoire

- Jan
- 2013-06-12
My favorite this year... but not for all...
Slices of life as experienced by a young midwife in postwar London slums. Similar to James Herriot books, with feel of Potato Peel Pie Literary Society. However, "real life" is shared and it isn't always pretty. It includes several step by step delivery of babies, the story of how a young girl is drawn into prostitution, ups and downs of married life and child raising, a few babies born with "unexpected" color, some heartbreaking abuse, poverty, adoption and horrors of poor house relief. The only portion which is lewd is during the "entertainment" at the brothel, you know it is coming and a 3 minute fast forward would remove it easily without messing with the plot. Language is clean and although some of the experiences are heartbreaking the whole feeling of the book is the beauty of the cycle of life - aptly named birth, joy and hard times. You will smile a lot!
131 les gens ont trouvé cela utile
-
Au global
-
Performance
-
Histoire

- M J Sweet
- 2013-03-24
What a lovely story
If you could sum up Call the Midwife in three words, what would they be?
entertaining, sweet, educational
What was one of the most memorable moments of Call the Midwife?
The breech birth scene was so intense and exactingly told I could not put this down. In fact the entire book went by too fast. I think people of all ages would enjoy these stories all from the 1950's East End of London
Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
all of it
42 les gens ont trouvé cela utile
-
Au global
-
Performance
-
Histoire

- Anne
- 2013-01-11
Fascinating history. Annoying narrator
What did you like best about Call the Midwife? What did you like least?
I liked the history about the Dockland area of London in the mid-20th century and how the people lived. It did much to bring the area and its people to life. I did not like the narrator.
Who was your favorite character and why?
Sister Monica Joan was great fun and had the most depth of character.
How did the narrator detract from the book?
Oy. Ms. Barber clearly has a good range of voices, so her decision - and the director's decision to allow her- to read the main character in the tiny, near-whisper, sometimes whiny, nasally voice is beyond my understanding. It was extremely distracting as the voice would get so soft I'd have to turn up the volume and so nasally and whispery that I'd have to strain to hear. And then, suddenly, she'd do a different louder voice, and I'm backing down the volume in exasperation. By the time the book was ending (and the last chapter was, without question, the most annoying of all) I was so distracted by the affectation that I could barely concentrate on the story.
Was Call the Midwife worth the listening time?
It was OK, but could have been SO much better!
Any additional comments?
Listen carefully to the sample before you buy it and realize that, for much of the story, she modulates this voice down to even more of a nasal whisper. .
42 les gens ont trouvé cela utile
-
Au global
-
Performance
-
Histoire

- Debbie
- 2014-06-01
True Story of Exact Era I Was Born In
I'm a child of the '50s, but here in the US, not in London, post WWII, a time of great uncertainty for many people. I'm usually drawn to historical fiction, but this audio book with true stories of the convent and midwives who served the poor and impoverished citizens is excellent. It's funny, touching, sad, and gives us a glimpse into a profession and lifestyle that most of us would never have the opportunity to know or understand otherwise. The faith of the catholic nuns, which Jennifer at first found to be strange and meaningless, was one of the sweetest and most profound parts of the story, as Jennifer learned first hand the power of a God that heals . . . a God that HEARS. This book is not preachy, it's very understated on the subject of religion, yet very real. Midwives riding bikes through snow and storms to deliver babies, give insulin shots, care for the elderly. Nuns who are as tough as nails, and as kind as Jesus. I purposely have not yet watched the tv series. I'm ready to see it now. I'm sure it won't hold a candle to the book.
36 les gens ont trouvé cela utile
-
Au global
-
Performance
-
Histoire

- Marian H. Whitcomb
- 2013-02-25
Fantastic Book...
If you could sum up Call the Midwife in three words, what would they be?
The PBS series was fascinating, the book was better.
What was one of the most memorable moments of Call the Midwife?
To find out one of the boys became one of Lady Di's drivers. Not only ar there wonderful stories of birth, but so much history after WW 2.
Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
It made me smile, with so many stories it told.
Any additional comments?
Think this book is for all.
34 les gens ont trouvé cela utile
-
Au global
-
Performance
-
Histoire

- Patricia
- 2013-06-09
A delightful read!
This is a delightful book and just wonderful to listen to. It is the memoir of a midwife in London of the 1950s. It is hard to believe that before the National Health Service came into being in the late 1940s and made free healthcare available to all, maternity care for the poor was practically non-existent in Britain. But by the mid 1950s nurse midwives were bicycling around the projects of London giving prenatal (the Brits call it antenatal) care and handling home deliveries, or even hospital deliveries for complications. Each story is more delightful or amazing than the others. My only complaint is that I never wanted it to end. The author, an experienced nurse, signs up for midwife training and thinks she is being sent to a hospital but instead it is a community of nuns who lovingly care for their patients and train other nurses to become experienced midwives. Britain was still recovering from the privations of WWII and there was an immense shortage of housing. Poor families lived in incredibly crowded and primitive conditions. Many of the old condemned buildings did not have running water for each flat but were still full of families because there was nowhere to move them. Into this comes all the drama of birth and death and family and money issues and even racial issues (Britian was just beginning to get immigrants of different racial backgrounds). It is just beautifully written, beautifully narrated (the Cockney voices will haunt me) and I cannot recommend it highly enough.
32 les gens ont trouvé cela utile
-
Au global
-
Performance
-
Histoire

- Alexandria
- 2016-05-04
Disappointing narration ruins the book
I recommend reading this book in print rather than listening to the audio. I bought this book two years ago and found the narrator extremely irritating. I've just given it another go, and I cannot focus on the narration for the failings of the narrator. The narration is done in a whisper (for no apparent reason), so it's necessary to turn the volume up all the way. She does a good job with dialects, but so do a thousand other narrators who would have been a better choice. The sound quality is also inconsistent, as if the recording was done by an amateur. The narration ruins this book and detracts from the story.
21 les gens ont trouvé cela utile
-
Au global
-
Performance
-
Histoire

- Jean
- 2015-10-04
Masterful
A friend of mine from Sunderland England sent me the trilogy a number of years ago saying she grew up in the East End of London during WWII. I read the books a long time ago but decided to listen to the audiobook just to hear the accents because I could never do them.
The book is Jennifer Worth’s memoirs of her time as a nurse/midwife in the East End of London in the 1950s. I remember the fifties quite well and it was easy to slip back into that time frame in the book. It is amazing how far medicine and society has come since the fifties; we now have Ultrasound, antibiotics, birth control, and an array of other medications. The fifties don’t seem like all that long ago to me, guess that is what happens as one ages.
Worth paints a colorful scene as she describes her training as a midwife while living in an Anglican Nunnery. The nuns were all nurse/midwifes and ran a school to teach nurses to be midwives while they cared for the people in the East End. Worth weaves lots of interesting stories of people and also about the nuns. I found the stories about the work houses most interesting including the fact that after they closed them in the 1930s they were converted into hospitals. It is no wonder the poor people did not want to go to the hospital. The book has little of Worth’s personal life but is mostly about patients and fellow midwifes. In many ways the book is a work history and anthropology of the Docklands of the East End.
I understand there was a T.V. series called “Call the Midwife” based on Worth’s memoirs that was very popular in Britain. Overall I enjoyed the book and the trip down memory lane. Nicola Barber did an excellent job narrating the book.
21 les gens ont trouvé cela utile