Jennifer Worth
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Call the midwife trilogy volume 2
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English
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When twenty-two-year-old Jennifer Worth, from a comfortable middle-class upbringing, went to work as a midwife in the direst section of postwar London, she not only delivered hundreds of babies and touched many lives, she also became the neighborhood's most vivid chronicler. Woven into the ongoing tales of her life in the East End are the true stories of the people Worth met who grew up in the dreaded workhouse, a Dickensian institution that limped...
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Call the midwife trilogy volume 1
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English
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Jennifer Worth was just twenty-two when she volunteered to spend her early years of midwifery training in 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.
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Leaving a middle-class childhood to become a midwife in London's poor East End, Jennifer Worth not only delivered babies, she touched numerous lives and recounted with depth the heartrending story of a neighborhood in transition. Call the Midwife: Farewell to the East End is the last book in Worth's memoir trilogy, which the Times Literary Supplement described as powerful stories with sweet charm and controlled outrage in the face of dire circumstances....
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Call the midwife trilogy volume 3
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English
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When twenty-two-year-old Jennifer Worth, from a comfortable middle-class upbringing, went to work as a midwife in the poorest section of postwar London, she not only delivered hundreds of babies and touched many lives, she also became the neighborhood's most vivid chronicler. Here, in the final book of the Call the Midwife trilogy, is the full story of Chummy's delightful courtship and wedding. We also meet Megan'mave, identical twins who share a...
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Call the Midwife volume 6
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English
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Valerie Dyer oversees the care of an expectant Somali woman.
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Call the Midwife volume 4
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English
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An expectant mother buckles under the strains of pregnancy, as Tom provides pastoral care.
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Call the Midwife volume 7
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English
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Dr. Turner prepares for change with the introduction of the contraceptive pill, while Patsy struggles to help a Bargee woman who is determined to give birth among her own community. As a huge storm threatens Poplar, Nurse Crane helps save the life of a young mother. After the storm, there is a welcome return for one Nonnatus House resident.
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Call the Midwife volume 2
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English
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An explosion at the docks brings heartache to the people of Poplar.
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Call the Midwife volume 3
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English
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Sister Julienne receives a phone call from Holloway Prison where the Salvation Army, who normally provide midwifery for female inmates, have been struck down with influenza. She is called to care for the women and asks Trixie to help her. Shelagh suffers heartbreak when a routine pregnancy check turns out to be something far more serious.
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Call the Midwife volume 7
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English
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The legacy of thalidomide becomes apparent and Nurse Crane faces an unexpected crisis.
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Call the Midwife volume 8
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English
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As preparations are made for Chummy to nurse her dying mother at home, Jenny finds herself drawn to help. While Shelagh and Dr. Turner await news from the Adoption Society, Shelagh pulls out all the stops when she enters her choir into a competition.
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Call the Midwife volume 3
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English
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A Chinese first-time mother faces an unexpected crisis.
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Call the Midwife volume 7
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English
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Cynthia is concerned during a visit as she feels new mother Pamela is overly anxious. Dr. Turner arranges for a psychiatrist to visit but on their return, Pamela and the baby are missing. Dr. Turner and Shelagh continue with the adoption process but one of his references from a man he served with during the war leads to the uncovering of a devastating secret.
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Call the Midwife volume 1
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English
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The team reunites but all is not well when a change of management shakes up Nonnatus House.
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Call the Midwife volume 8
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English
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Poplar is shaken as the cause of recent infant deformities is revealed while Nonnatus House is thrown into disarray by a tragedy even closer to home. Meanwhile, the midwives help a young mother who goes into labor at her wedding reception.
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Call the Midwife volume 2
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English
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Jenny is delighted to be promoted to acting sister, but she soon finds herself dealing with her most challenging case yet. Elsewhere, Cynthia spearheads a new birthing practice for the expectant mothers of Poplar, Sister Winifred puts her greenthumb to good use, and Chummy continues to juggle her work and home lives.
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Call the Midwife volume 4
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English
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Jenny is concerned that a Jewish patient, Leah, is struggling to cope with her mother's sickness and agoraphobia, on top of her own pregnancy. But with the arrival of her granddaughter, Mrs. Rubin takes her first steps in years. Jenny rushes to Alec's side when he is in a terrible accident and Shelagh tries to cope with her bad news.