Call the Midwife: A Memoir of Birth, Joy, and Hard Times Contributor(s): Worth, Jennifer (Author) |
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ISBN: 0143123254 ISBN-13: 9780143123255 Publisher: Penguin Books OUR PRICE: $16.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2012 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Women's Studies - Biography & Autobiography | Women - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs |
Dewey: B |
Series: Midwife Trilogy |
Physical Information: 0.74" H x 5.22" W x 8.2" (0.57 lbs) 352 pages |
Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: The highest-rated drama in BBC history, Call the Midwife will delight fans of Downton Abbey Viewers everywhere have fallen in love with this candid look at post-war London. In the 1950s, twenty-two-year-old Jenny Lee leaves her comfortable home to move into a convent and become a midwife in London's East End slums. While delivering babies all over the city, Jenny encounters a colorful cast of women--from the plucky, warm-hearted nuns with whom she lives, to the woman with twenty-four children who can't speak English, to the prostitutes of the city's seedier side. An unfortgettable story of motherhood, the bravery of a community, and the strength of remarkable and inspiring women, Call the Midwife is the true story behind the beloved PBS series, which will soon return for its sixth season. |