Call The Midwife

A True Story of the East End in the 1950s

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Beschreibung

<p><b>'Unforgettable' </b><i>GUARDIAN</i><br><br><b>'Poignant, funny and enlightening' </b><i>DAILY EXPRESS</i><br><br><b>'Gripping, moving and convincing from beginning to end . . . a powerful evocation of a long-gone world'</b> <i>LITERARY REVIEW</i><br><br><b>THE BESTSELLING BOOK THAT INSPIRED THE AWARD-WINNING BBC TV SERIES</b><br><br> <b>In this extraordinary account of life as midwife in 1950s London, Jennifer Worth recounts her experiences - and those of the women she helped - in all their stark, colourful and at times shocking reality. </b><br><br>Life in London's East End in the 1950s was tough. The brothels of Cable Street, the Kray brothers and gang warfare, the meths drinkers in the bomb sites - this was the world that Jennifer Worth entered when she became a midwife at the age of twenty-two. Babies were born in slum conditions, often with no running water.<br><br>In <i>Call the Midwife</i>, Worth describes the romance and beauty of London as well as the bug-infested tenements, the spectre of disease, the sense of community and the incredible resilience of women who often bore more than ten children. Funny and moving, it brings to life a world that has now changed beyond measure.<br><br><b><br>'Superbly moving but also witty' <i>CLOSER</i></b><br><br><b>'The characters . . . stay with you for a long time'</b> <b><i>WOMAN MAGAZINE</i></b></p>

Artikeldetails

EAN

9780753827871

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

195 x 126 x 26 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2012

Verlag / Hersteller

Orion Publishing Group