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The Midwife: A Memoir of Birth, Joy, and Hard Times
The Midwife A Memoir of Birth Joy and Hard Times Author:Jennifer Worth An unforgettable story of the joy of motherhood, the bravery of a community, and the hope of one extraordinary woman — 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 colorful characters she meets while delivering babies all over London—from ... more »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. Beautifully written and utterly moving, The Midwife will touch the hearts of anyone who is, and everyone who has, a mother.« less