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Call the Midwife

A Memoir of Birth, Joy, and Hard Times

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Call the Midwife

Written by: Jennifer Worth
Narrated by: Nicola Barber
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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.

©2002 Jennifer Worth (P)2012 HighBridge Company Gender Studies Medical Professionals & Academics Social Sciences Women Memoir Heartfelt England Biography Midwife

What the critics say

"A charming tale of deliveries and deliverance." ( Kirkus Reviews)
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Loved the story.
Person reading was excellent
Worth listening to if you like midwife’s and uk stories

Excellent book

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Highly recommend for anyone who likes memoirs. I enjoyed listening to the incredible range of the accents & characters voices by the narrator. Such an interesting memoir that centered midwifery and the authors experiences of the profession including the people/patients on whom the memoir focuses.

A memoir that centers midwifery and so much more

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Well told and fascinating story of midwifery in the East End of London the 1950's.

Great listen

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Great narration, stories of love, loss, courage and spirituality. A very good read. As good as the televison series.

Heartwarming stories

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Beautifully written and read. Such interesting stories highlighting the challenge yet progress of those times. Such a great and service important service performed by the mid wives.

Interesting historical piece

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