Call the midwife : a true story of the East End in the 1950s
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Author
Published
London : Phoenix, 2008.
Format
Book
ISBN
9781407228044, 1407228048, 9780753823835, 0753823837
Physical Desc
x, 340, 11 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
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Published
London : Phoenix, 2008.
Language
English
ISBN
9781407228044, 1407228048, 9780753823835, 0753823837
Notes
General Note
Includes an excerpt of Shadows of the workhouse.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (page 340).
Description
Life in London's docklands in the 1950s was tough. The brothels of Cable Street, the Kray brothers and gang warfare, the meths drinkers in the bombsites-this was the world that Jennifer Worth entered when she became a midwife at the age of twenty-two. Babies were born in slum conditions, often with no running water. Jennifer Worth describes the romance and beauty of the great port of London, the bug-infested tenements, the spectre of disease, the sense of community and the incredible resilience of women who bore more than ten children. Funny, disturbing and moving, Call the Midwife brings to life a world that has now changed beyond measure.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Worth, J. (2008). Call the midwife: a true story of the East End in the 1950s . Phoenix.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Worth, Jennifer, 1935-2011. 2008. Call the Midwife: A True Story of the East End in the 1950s. Phoenix.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Worth, Jennifer, 1935-2011. Call the Midwife: A True Story of the East End in the 1950s Phoenix, 2008.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Worth, Jennifer. Call the Midwife: A True Story of the East End in the 1950s Phoenix, 2008.
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