Displaying 1 of 1 2012 Format: Book Author: Worth, Jennifer, 1935-2011, author. Title: Call the midwife : a memoir of birth, joy, and hard times / Jennifer Worth ; clinical editor, Terri Coates. Publisher, Date: New York, New York : Penguin Books, [2012] Description: 340 pages ; 21 cm Summary: Jennifer Worth was just twenty-two when she volunteered to spend her early years of midwifery training in London's East End in the 1950s. Coming from a sheltered background there were tough lessons to be learned. The conditions in which many women gave birth just half a century ago were horrifying. Subjects: Worth, Jennifer, 1935-2011. Midwives -- England -- London -- Biography. Childbirth -- England -- London -- History -- 20th century. London (England) -- Social conditions -- 20th century. East End (London, England) -- Social conditions -- 20th century. Genre: Autobiographies. Other Author: Coates, Terri, editor. Other Title: Midwife Notes: Previously published as: The Midwife (Penguin Books, 2009). "First published in Great Britain as Call the midwife by Merton Books 2002"--Title page verso. Includes bibliographical references (page 340). Contents: Call the midwife -- Nonnatus House -- Morning visits -- Chummy -- Molly -- The bicycle -- Antenatal clinic -- Rickets -- Eclampsia -- Fred -- A Christmas baby -- A breech delivery -- Jimmy -- Len & Concita Warren -- Sister Monica Joan -- Mary -- Zakir -- Cable Street -- Cafe life -- Flight -- sister Evangelina -- Mrs. Jenkins -- Rosie -- The workhouse -- The bottom dropped out of pigs -- Of mixed descent I -- Of mixed descent II -- Of mixed descent III -- The luncheon party -- Smog -- The flying squad -- A premature baby -- Old, old age -- In the beginning. Web Site: Contributor biographical information Publisher description ISBN: 9780143123255 0143123254 9780143116233 0143116231 Other Number: 795176876 System Availability: 3 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 3 Control Number: 592120 # Local items in: 2 # System items in: 2 Call Number: 618.2 Worth Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
