“I both loved this book and felt let down by the last page.
This is a true story of a young midwife working in London’s East End in the 1950s. Back then, midwifery was still a relatively new discipline and of course, it was still unusual for women to work, even though the second world war had helped the cause a lot.
The book is an account of her experience, interlacing general observations about the living conditions in the East End with details of specific families and births. Jennifer Worth is very good at giving a sense of the times, mixing up descriptions with dialogue, narration with action.
Read the complete review on my blog at http://takingoff.org/2008/09/18/call-the-midwife-by-jennifer-worth/”
Nat JM wrote this review Wednesday, October 8, 2008.
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