Call The Midwife: A True Story Of The East End In The 1950s - Jennifer Worth Reviews

This book tells the story of a trainee midwife in the 1950's docklands of London at Nonnatus House trained by Nuns. It is undoubtedly a brilliant book which makes an avid read however some of the graphic descriptions of the prositutes actions on Cable Street might make you think twice about giving this as a nostalgic gift to conservative aunts, ...  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 ...  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 ...  Read the complete review

this book is amazing. having heard about it from a friend i was eager to read it. jennifer worth was a midwife in the 1950s and her stories of the ladies of east end London are heartwarming ones. the imaages are very graphic and sound appalling. the midwives having to ride their bicycles to labouring mothers are something we cannot imagine today. ...  Read the complete review

Wow what a powerfull book. This is such a hearfelt storey I found myself totally absorbed by the hard truth, love and devotion in each part of the author's exsperience's, some of which I found a little distressing and unexspected. Saying that I have reread it as I liked it so much and highly recomend it to anyone. The main caracter tell's ...  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 ...  Read the complete review