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Call the Midwife

Shadows of the Workhouse

By Jennifer Worth

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Publish Date

2013

Publisher

HarperCollins Publishers

Language

eng

Pages

400

Description:

A memoir of the author's experiences as a nurse and certified midwife in 1950's London. She worked in the poor sections of the Easy End, and lived in a convent with nuns and other lay nurse/midwives. The nuns belonged to an Anglican order which was dedicated to bringing modern nursing/midwifery skills to the poor.