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Description edit
"I love the people, the nuns, the tough dockers, the prostitutes and pimps, seen with the fresh eyes of the youth."
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Summary edit
Jennifer Worth came from a sheltered background when she became a midwife in the Docklands in the 1950s. The conditions in which many women gave birth just half a century ago were horrifying, not only because of their grimly impoverished surroundings, but also because of what they were... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)
Characters/People edit
- Mary: Add a description of this character.
- Sister Evangelina
- Mrs Jenkins
- Sister Monica Joan
- Fred
- Mrs Conchita Warren
- Sister Bernadette
- Len Warren
- Rosie
- Marjorie
- Muriel
- Molly Pearce
- Jim Woolveridge
- Dick
- Winnie
- Bella
- Cynthia
- Doris
- Mike
- Ted
- Zakir
- Dave Smith
- Sally
- Liz Warren
- Tom
- Jack
- Brenda
- Alan
- Dr Turner
- Margaret F.
- David
- Frank Rust
- Carol
- Trixie
- Flo
- Cyril
- Joe Williamson
- Julian Franklyn
- Rector
- rahn
- Mrs B.
- Ivy
- Jenny Lee
- Robert Balthrop
- Nelly
- Dolores Cook
- Betty Smith
- Lil Hoskin
- Percy
- John Keats
- Routledge
- Edith
- Gloria
- Sister Julienne
- J. W. Ballantyne
- Jennifer Worth
- Chummy
- Andre Deutsch
- Novice Ruth
- Jimmy
First Sentence edit
Why did I ever start this? I must have been mad!
Table of Contents edit
CALL THE MIDWIFE
NONNATUS HOUSE
MORNING VISITS
CHUMMY
MOLLY
THE BICYCLE
ANTENATAL CLINIC
RICKETS
ECLAMPSIA
FRED
A CHRISTMAS BABY
A BREECH DELIVERY
JIMMY
LEN AND CONCHITA WARREN
SISTER MONICA JOAN
MARY
ZAKIR
CABLE STREET
CAFÉ 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
Series & Lists edit
This is book 1 of 3 in Call the Midwife. (standard series)
Followed by Shadows of the Workhouse.
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Merton Books
Country: Great Britain
Publication Date: 2002
ISBN: 978 0 297 85314 5
Page Count: 340
Publisher: Merton Books
Country: Great Britain
Publication Date: 2002
ISBN: 978 0 297 85314 5
Page Count: 340
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- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 618.20092
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