Call The Midwife: A True Story Of The East End In The 1950s - Rilegato

Worth, Jennifer

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ISBN 10: 0297853147 ISBN 13: 9780297853145

Casa editrice: Orion, 2007

Riassunto

Jennifer Worth came from a sheltered background when she became a midwife in the Docklands in the 1950s. The conditions in which many women gave birth just half a century ago were horrifying, not only because of their grimly impoverished surroundings, but also because of what they were expected to endure. But while Jennifer witnessed brutality and tragedy, she also met with amazing kindness and understanding, tempered by a great deal of Cockney humour. She also earned the confidences of some whose lives were truly stranger, more poignant and more terrifying than could ever be recounted in fiction.

Attached to an order of nuns who had been working in the slums since the 1870s, Jennifer tells the story not only of the women she treated, but also of the community of nuns (including one who was accused of stealing jewels from Hatton Garden) and the camaraderie of the midwives with whom she trained. Funny, disturbing and incredibly moving, Jennifer's stories bring to life the colourful world of the East End in the 1950s.

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Recensione:

this delightful memoir brings to vivid life London's East End... full of humour... Worth's talent shines from every page. (SAINSBURY'S MAGAZINE)

¿Worth is indeed a natural storyteller... gripping, moving and convincing from beginning to end¿ a powerful evocation of a long-gone world ' (LITERARY REVIEW)

Funny, disturbing and incredibly moving, 'Call the Midwife' opens a window onto the fascinating and colourful world of the East End in the 1950s. (MATURE TIMES)

This uplifting story is about love, that of mothers for their children, and the love of God that compelled the nuns to dedicate their lives to the well-being of the poor. (THE TABLET)

Descrizione del libro:

A fascinating slice of social history - Jennifer Worth's tales of being a midwife in 1950s London

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• Editore: Orion
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0297853147
• ISBN 13: 9780297853145
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 368