The highest-rated drama in BBC history, Call the Midwife will delight fans of Downton Abbey Viewers everywhere have fallen in love with this candid look at post-war London. In the 1950s, twenty-two-year-old Jenny Lee leaves her comfortable home to move into a convent and become a midwife in London's East End slums. While delivering babies all over the city, Jenny encounters a colorful cast of women—from the plucky, warm-hearted nuns with whom she lives, to the woman with twenty-four children who can't speak English, to the prostitutes of the city's seedier side. An unfortgettable story of motherhood, the bravery of a community, and the strength of remarkable and inspiring women, Call the Midwife is the true story behind the beloved PBS series, which will soon return for its sixth season.
Call the Midwife: A Memoir of Birth, Joy, and Hard Times (The Midwife Trilogy)
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Author: Worth, Jennifer
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 9780143123255
Details:
Author: Worth, Jennifer
Brand: Penguin Books
Color: Multicolor
Edition: Media tie-in
Binding: Paperback
Number Of Pages: 352
Release Date: 29-08-2012
Package Dimensions: 8.0 x 5.2 x 0.8 inches Languages: English
EAN: 9780143123255
