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Call the midwife : a true story of the East End in the 1950s (Record no. 80620)

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control field 0753827875
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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 0753827875
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International Standard Book Number 9780753827871 (pbk.)
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Worth, Jennifer [1935-]
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Title Call the midwife : a true story of the East End in the 1950s
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc. London
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Phoenix
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2012
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 340 p. : ill., ports.
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE
General note Originally published: Twickenham: Merton, 2002.
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General note Donated by Gillian Carey.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. Includes bibliographical references.
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Summary, etc. 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 expected to endure. But while Jennifer witnessed brutality and tragedy, she also met with amazing kindness and understanding, tempered by a great deal of Cockney humour. She also earned the confidences of some whose lives were truly stranger, more poignant and more terrifying than could ever be recounted in fiction. Attached to an order of nuns who had been working in the slums since the 1870s, Jennifer tells the story not only of the women she treated, but also of the community of nuns (including one who was accused of stealing jewels from Hatton Garden) and the camaraderie of the midwives with whom she trained. Funny, disturbing and incredibly moving, Jennifer's stories bring to life the colourful world of the East End in the 1950s.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element HOME CHILDBIRTH, history
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element LONDON
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element MIDWIFERY, history
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element MIDWIVES, history
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element OBSTETRICS, history
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element PERSONAL NARRATIVES
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Personal name Coates, Terri
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