(Hardback Edition ) I had wanted to see the television program "Call the midwife" (a three part drama covering three books Jennifer Worth wrote about east end life in the 1950's-there is a fourth book but it is technically not part of the midwifery trilogy) when it was on but after missing the first two of three episodes and not finding it on catch-up I moved on. Some friends had spoke of how gripping it was so when I saw the book I told my husband it would be a good birthday present for me (wink, wink!). I was eager to get started with this book but wasn't able to for a couple days as we had friends staying with us. A little history with ...  Read the complete review

I was actually given the book "Call the Midwife by Jennifer Worth" to read by a friend. The book is the working life story of the author, set in the 1950's of East end London where she began her training as a midwife with the nuns. This was the start of midwifery as we know it, prior to this there had been no trained midwifes, babies were born by there mothers and there mothers alike with no or little outside help. If help was required either a lady who delivered a lot of babies was called upon or if very lucky the doctor was called, although the doctors often had little or no training in births. The story might to some seem like it ...  Read the complete review

My mother-in law kindly sent me this book up to read just before christmas, at first i was a little weary as from the cover it did look a little boring, but you know what they say-never judge a book by it's cover( sorry had to be done). Anyway i love to read anything that crosses my path weather it be a magazine or a novel. So one afternoon after putting the girls down for a nap i went upstairs and started on this book that had been sat staring at me for the last two days to read it. After reading the back cover i learned that it was a true story, based in the east end back in the 1950's and hence the title it is based around midwifery and was written by ...  Read the complete review

I've always been more interested in reading about the real lives of others than reading fiction so the book Call the Midwife by Jennifer Worth caught my eye. It tells the story of the authors time spent as a midwife working from a convent in the East End of London in the 1950s. Through the book, Worth tells the stories of many of the women that she cared for in a warm and humorous manner. There are many heartwarming tales such as the premature birth of Conchita and Lens twenty-fifth baby and how a strong mothering instinct saved him and the friendship developed when a young lad teaches Chummy, an upper class nun, to ride a bicycle. There are also ...  Read the complete review

Review of 'Call the Midwife' by Jennifer Worth. **The Book** This book is true story of the life and work of a young midwife, Jennifer Worth. Jennifer worked in the East End of London in the 1950s, her patients were among the poorest, toughest members of the Dockland community. The second World War had left London ravaged and in parts derelict. Children had bombsites for their playgrounds and many homes that had been declared unfit for human occupation prior to the war, were still in use. Photographs within the book show just how badly some areas of London were affected. Families were crowded into condemned tenement buildings with no ...  Read the complete review