Jennifer Worth trained as a nurse at the Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading, and was later ward sister at the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital in London, then the Marie Curie Hospital, also in London. Music had always been her passion, and in 1973 she left nursing in order to study music intensively, teaching piano and singing for about 25 years. Jennifer died in May 2011 after a short illness, leaving her husband Philip, two daughters and three grandchildren. Her books have all been...See more
Jennifer Worth trained as a nurse at the Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading, and was later ward sister at the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital in London, then the Marie Curie Hospital, also in London. Music had always been her passion, and in 1973 she left nursing in order to study music intensively, teaching piano and singing for about 25 years. Jennifer died in May 2011 after a short illness, leaving her husband Philip, two daughters and three grandchildren. Her books have all been bestsellers. See less
This is the last of the three memoirs. In each, Worth manages to recreate a long gone world, the East End in the late 1950s. Worth shows it all, the good, the bad, and the ugly, with warmth and ... Read More
Shadows of the Workhouse: The Drama of Life in Postwar London
One excellent aspect of all three memoirs is realism. Worth is honest and compassionate as she tells about the aftermath of the Workhouse horrors. This book is the grimmest of the three, and well ... Read More
Call the Midwife: A True Story of the East End in the 1950s
