No woman could real this book without feeling the pain - and the joy. No man could read it without being truly moved. Jennifer Worth was just twenty-two when she volunteered to spend her early years of midwifery training in the heart of London's East End in the 1950s. Coming from a sheltered background there were tough lessons to be learned. The conditions in which many women gave birth just half a century ago were horrifying. Jennifer worked with an order to nuns who were nurses and midwives, and who had been working in ...
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No woman could real this book without feeling the pain - and the joy. No man could read it without being truly moved. Jennifer Worth was just twenty-two when she volunteered to spend her early years of midwifery training in the heart of London's East End in the 1950s. Coming from a sheltered background there were tough lessons to be learned. The conditions in which many women gave birth just half a century ago were horrifying. Jennifer worked with an order to nuns who were nurses and midwives, and who had been working in slum conditions since the 1870s. She dealt with her patients with amazing kindness and understanding - and a great deal of Cockney humor. Jennifer also earned the confidence of some whose lives were truly stranger, more poignant and more terrifying than fiction.
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Fair. This is a used book. It may contain highlighting/underlining and/or the book may show heavier signs of wear. It may also be ex-library or without dustjacket. This is a used book. It may contain highlighting/underlining and/or the book may show heavier signs of wear. It may also be ex-library or without dustjacket.
