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The midwife a memoir of birth, joy, and hard times

Reflects on the experiences of Jennifer Worth as a midwife in London's postwar East End, including the nuns from whom she learned her craft and the interesting and challenging births she aided during her career.

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Main Author:	Worth, Jennifer, 1935-2011
Other Authors:	Coates, Terri
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Penguin Books, 2009.
Subjects:	Worth, Jennifer, > 1935-2011. Midwives > England > London > Biography. Personal narratives. Autobiographies.
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Summary:	Reflects on the experiences of Jennifer Worth as a midwife in London's postwar East End, including the nuns from whom she learned her craft and the interesting and challenging births she aided during her career.
Item Description:	Rev. ed. of: Call the midwife / by Jennifer Worth. Twickenham : Merton, 2002.
Physical Description:	340 pages ; 21 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 340).
ISBN:	9780143116233 0143116231 9782971864003 2971864006
Author Notes:	Jennifer Worth was born Jennifer Lee in Clacton-on-Sea, Essex on September 25, 1935. She trained as a nurse at the Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading, and then moved to London to train as a midwife. She later worked at the Royal London Hospital, the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital in Euston, and the Marie Curie Hospital in Hampstead. She left nursing in 1973 to study music. She received the Licentiate of the London College of Music in 1974 and was awarded a Fellowship ten years later. She taught and performed solo and in choirs throughout the United Kingdom and Europe. When she felt her musical talents ebbing, she turned to writing. She wrote three books about her experience as a midwife: Call the Midwife, Shadows of the Workhouse, and Farewell to the East End. These books are the basis of the BBC television series Call the Midwife. Her other works include Food Allergy: The Hidden Cause? and In the Midst of Life. She died of cancer on May 31, 2011 at the age of 75. (Bowker Author Biography)