The highest-rated drama in BBC history, Call the Midwife will delight fans of Downton Abbey
Viewers everywhere have fallen in love with this candid look at post-war London. In the 1950s, twenty-two-year-old Jenny Lee leaves her comfortable home to move into a convent and become a midwife in London’s East End slums. While delivering babies all over the city, Jenny encounters a colorful cast of women—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 of the city’s seedier side.
Based on Jennifer Worth’s bestselling memoirs, Call the Midwife is the true story behind the beloved PBS series.
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Sexual Content - 3/5
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Violence - 1/5
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Language - 2/5
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Drugs and Alcohol - 1/5
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Summary
Not for the faint of heart, this book provides the nitty-gritty of life in London’s East End during the 1950s – specifically – the life of women birthing babies. Jennifer Worth, a young midwife, finds herself assigned to the poorest section of London where she finds filth, malnutrition, sickness, rich culture and, above all, joy. It’s a true story of Worth’s amazing experience just before the docks closed and life in the East End changed forever.
Violence:
Life in London's East end wasn't easy. Without going into great description, the author tries to determine what might have happened to some of her patients.
Language:
The author simply tries to represent the language and culture of London's East End.
Sexual:
The book is about the life of a midwife and birthing babies. The situation that creates the baby in the first place comes up once and a while.
Drugs and Alcohol:
In describing life in London's East End, sometimes alcohol is mentioned.