Call the Midwife: A Memoir of Birth, Joy, and Hard Times -- Jennifer Worth

<b>The highest-rated drama in BBC history, <i>Call the Midwife</i> will delight fans of <i>Downton Abbey</i></b> <p/> 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. <p/>An unfortgettable story of motherhood, the bravery of a community, and the strength of remarkable and inspiring women, <i>Call the Midwife</i> is the true story behind the beloved PBS series, which will soon return for its sixth season.<br><br><b>Author:</b> Jennifer Worth<br><b>Publisher:</b> Penguin Books<br><b>Published:</b> 08/29/2012<br><b>Pages:</b> 352<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.57lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 8.20h x 5.22w x 0.74d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9780143123255<br><b>Age Range:</b> 18-UP<br><p><b>About the Author</b><br><b>Jennifer Worth </b>trained as a nurse at the Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading. She then moved to London to train as a midwife. She later became a staff nurse at the Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel, and then ward sister and sister at the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital in Euston. Music had always been her passion, and in 1973 Jennifer