The Midwife tells the inspiring story of Jennifer Worth--a 22-year-old woman who leaves her comfortable home, moves into a convent, and becomes a midwife in post-war London\'s East End slums.
Beautifully written and utterly moving, The Midwife will touch the hearts of anyone who is, and everyone who has, a mother..
The colorful characters she meets while delivering babies all over London-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 and dockers of the city\'s seedier side-illuminate a fascinating time in history.
An unforgettable true story, The Midwife is the basis for the hit PBS drama Call the Midwife At the age of twenty-two, Jennifer Worth leaves her comfortable home to move into a convent and become a midwife in post war London\'s East End slums.
The Midwife tells the inspiring story of Jennifer Worth--a 22-year-old woman who leaves her comfortable home, moves into a convent, and becomes a midwife in post-war London\'s East End slums
