Call the Midwife

Zusatztext Worth's books are full of fascinating social history: about living conditions in east London, the scale of poverty and violence, the realities of postwar medicine and the workhouse 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 A fascinating slice of social history, this is a collection of Jennifer Worth's tales of being a midwife in 1950s London. They are stories about people struggling in the face of tremendous poverty and deprivation, and will appeal to the large audience for misery memoirs and tales of triumph over tragedy. Worth came from a sheltered upbringing, and when she began work in the Docklands she was shocked by the impoverished surroundings in which many women gave birth, but she also encountered amazing kindness and understanding. '"Call The Midwife" is a powerful evocation of a long-gone world.' "Literary Review" A fascinating slice of social history - Jennifer Worth's tales of being a midwife in 1950s London, now a major BBC TV series. Zusammenfassung A fascinating slice of social history - Jennifer Worth's tales of being a midwife in 1950s London, now a major BBC TV series.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Jennifer Worth, Worth Jennifer
• Editore: Weidenfeld and Nicolson
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 05.01.2012
• EAN: 9780753823835
• ISBN: 978-0-7538-2383-5
• Pagine: 368
• Dimensioni: 128 mm x 198 mm x 24 mm
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi > Epistole, diari; Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Biografie, autobiografie; London, Greater London, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, MEDICAL / Nursing / Maternity, Perinatal, Women's Health, Social and cultural history, c 1950 to c 1959, Midwifery, C 1945 To C 1960, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs