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Title:
Call the midwife : farewell to the East End
Author:
Worth, Jennifer, 1935-2011.
Personal Author:
Edition:
First U.S. edition.
Publication Information:
New York : Ecco/HarperCollins, 2009.

©2005
Physical Description:
321 pages ; 21 cm
Summary:
A heartwarming coming-of-age story and a startling look at women's lives in the poorest section of postwar London, this final book in the acclaimed memoir series is the basis for the acclaimed PBS series.

The Call the midwife trilogy is comprised of Call the midwife (not included here, c2002), Shadows of the workhouse (not included here, c2005), and Farewell to the East End (this book, c2009). Together, this series chronicles Jennifer Worth's career as a midwife from start to finish, from her arrival in the war-scarred Docklands as a wide-eyed trainee, to the demolition of the tenements and subsequent closure of Nonnatus House. 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 economic climate. The book also enables readers to follow Jennifer's personal story, as she discovers the amazing resilience of a population still bearing the scars of war, and the vibrant community of nuns with whom she lives and who teach her the skills of midwifery. In stories that are funny, disturbing and moving in equal measure, we meet prostitutes and abortionists, bigamists and mischievous nuns, and see Jennifer earn the confidence of people whose lives are often stranger than fiction.
General Note:
"Volume 3."

"First published in Great Britain in 2009 by Weidenfeld & Nicolson" --T.p. verso.
Language:
English
Personal Subject:
ISBN:
9780062270061

9781407228068
Format :
Book