Bibliograph

The midwife, a memoir of birth, joy, and hard times, Jennifer Worth ; clinical editor, Terri Coates

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Label

The midwife, a memoir of birth, joy, and hard times, Jennifer Worth ; clinical editor, Terri Coates

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (page 340)

resource.biographical

autobiography

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The midwife

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

293340853

Responsibility statement

Jennifer Worth ; clinical editor, Terri Coates

Series statement

Call the midwife, [1]

Sub title

a memoir of birth, joy, and hard times

Summary

Reflects on the experiences of Jennifer Worth as a midwife in London's postwar East End, including the nuns from whom she learned her craft and the interesting and challenging births she aided during her career

Table Of Contents

Call the midwife -- Nonnatus House -- Morning visits -- Chummy -- Molly -- The bicycle -- Antenatal clinic -- Rickets -- Eclampsia -- Fred -- A Christmas baby -- A breech delivery -- Jimmy -- Len & Concita Warren -- Sister Monica Joan -- Mary -- Zakir -- Cable Street -- Cafe life -- Flight -- Sister Evangelina -- Mrs. Jenkins -- Rosie -- The workhouse -- The bottom dropped out of pigs -- Of mixed descent I -- Of mixed descent II -- Of mixed descent III -- The luncheon party -- Smog -- The flying squad -- A premature baby -- Old, old age -- In the beginning

resource.variantTitle

Call the midwife, a memoir of birth, joy, and hard times

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