Call the Midwife
Ratings6
Average rating3.5
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Ratings6
Average rating3.5
A memoir of the author's experiences as a nurse and certified midwife in 1950's London. She worked in the poor sections of the Easy End, and lived in a convent with nuns and other lay nurse/midwives. The nuns belonged to an Anglican order which was dedicated to bringing modern nursing/midwifery skills to the poor.
Series
3 primary booksThe Midwife Trilogy is a 3-book series with 3 primary works first released in 2002 with contributions by Jennifer Worth.
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Reading this book highlighted just how good the television series was - I already knew most of the stories. The charaterisation of Sister Evangeline didn't sit well with me, it seemed that the author went out of her way to uncharitably point out the humourless, damp, uneducated side of her, with no real insight into the person she really was (although as she pointed out, Sister Evangaline didn't have the time of day for her, so it's possible she never discovered who the Sister really was.)
I've read all three Call the Midwife books by Nurse Jenny now, and I'd say that I loved three and one and I liked this one.
Most of book two centers on an orphaned brother and sister who end up in the workhouse. It's a tale of misery and woe, but it's a story she learned of second hand, and it isn't quite the peer of the vivid tales Worth shares that she experienced herself.
Still, a solid book of powerful stories, and a series well worth reading.
