{"product_id":"the-midwife-a-memoir-of-birth-joy-and-hard-times-paperback","title":"The Midwife: A Memoir of Birth, Joy, and Hard Times - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJennifer Worth\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn unforgettable true story, \u003ci\u003eThe Midwife\u003c\/i\u003e is the basis for the hit PBS drama \u003ci\u003eCall the Midwife\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt 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 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, \u003ci\u003eThe Midwife\u003c\/i\u003e will touch the hearts of anyone who is, and everyone who has, a mother.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJennifer Worth trained as a nurse at the Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading. She then moved to London to train as a midwife. She later became a staff nurse at the Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel, and then ward sister and sister at the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital in Euston. Music had always been her passion, and in 1973 Jennifer left nursing in order to study music intensively, gaining the Licentiate of the London College of Music in 1974 and a Fellowship ten years later. Jennifer married Philip Worth in 1963 and they lived together in Hertfordshire. She died in May 2011, leaving her husband, two daughters and three grandchildren. Her memoirs are the basis for the popular TV series \u003ci\u003eCall the Midwife\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 07, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51753718612256,"sku":"9780143116233","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/253170ee3779c3cf46e3670df1a1351d.webp?v=1780026222","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-midwife-a-memoir-of-birth-joy-and-hard-times-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}