Tales From a Midwife (Livre audio) - True Stories of the East End in the 1950s

Informationen zum Autor Jennifer Worth trained as a nurse at the Royal Berkshire Hospital! Reading! and was later ward sister at the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital in London! then the Marie Curie Hospital! also in London. Music had always been her passion! and in 1973 she left nursing in order to study music intensively! teaching piano and singing for about 25 years. Jennifer died in May 2011 after a short illness! leaving her husband Philip! two daughters and three grandchildren. Her books have all been bestsellers. Klappentext An omnibus audio edition of the SUNDAY TIMES bestselling MIDWIFE series - true stories from a post-war community in London's East End. Read by Stephanie Cole and Anne Reid. Abridged editions. Zusammenfassung This omnibus audio edition of CALL THE MIDWIFE! SHADOWS OF THE WORKHOUSE and FAREWELL TO THE EAST END chronicles Jennifer Worth´s career as a midwife! from her arrival in the war-scarred Docklands as a wide-eyed trainee! to the demolition of the tenements. It provides a fascinating snapshot of social history! documenting the East End in the days when there was a real sense of community! when times were tough but there was plenty of good humour and neighbourly support to help the inhabitants through the harsh econonic climate.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Jennifer Worth
• Collaboration: Stephanie Cole (Lecteur / narrateur), Anne Reid (Lecteur / narrateur)
• Edition: Orion
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Audio CD
• Sortie: 04.11.2010
• EAN: 9781409115472
• ISBN: 978-1-4091-1547-2
• Catégorie: Sciences naturelles, médecine, informatique, technique > Médecine > Général