Advantages: Easy to follow, leaves the reader wanting more, places and people very well described Disadvantages: Random misprints (not really a huge problem tbh)
(Hardback Edition ) I had wanted to see the television program "Call the midwife" (a three part drama covering three books Jennifer Worth wrote about east end life in the 1950's-there is a fourth book but it is technically not part of the midwifery tril ...
Advantages: An absorbing read Disadvantages: none that I can think of!
Review of 'Call the Midwife' by Jennifer Worth.
**The book**
This book is true story of the life and work of a young midwife, Jennifer Worth. Jennifer worked in the East End of London in the 1950s, her patients were among the poorest, toughest mem ...
Advantages: Too Many To Describe - SUPERB to sum it up in one word! Disadvantages: Can't Put It Down!!!
This book was lent to me by my Mum yesterday as we are both avid readers (although her taste in books is rather different to mine). I am stuck at home with a broken ankle and shoulder so I can't do much else but to read. When I first looked at the book I ...
Advantages: true life story that sets the era and job for you perfectly Disadvantages: perhaps not if you are about to have a baby! - read it after
I was actually given the book “Call the Midwife by Jennifer Worth“ to read by a friend. The book is the working life story of the author, set in the 1950’s of East end London where she began her training as a midwife with the nuns. This was the sta ...
Advantages: An eyeopening account, honest and eventful Disadvantages: Hard to believe at times, written in a slightly exaggerated style
Being only 20, I read this book with an open mind with no experience or knowledge of this time era. I was encapsulated by the truth of these past memories and experiences of the author. Knowing she had gone through the words I was reading made it a really ...
