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However, Jenny Lee, depicted by Jessica Raine from 2012-2014, gives a very real portrayal of the author according to her daughters, Suzannah and Juliette.However, the series took on a life of its own and grew far beyond the original characters into ten episodes with eleven being in the offing and eight, hour long episodes each. When viewing figures from BBC's iPlayer video streaming service and a narrative repeat were included as part of the BBC Live Plus 7 metric, [54] the total number of viewers per week was found to be almost 12 million. One of course knew of the reputation of the rougher parts of the docklands and stayed clear, one also knew of the rich history of those parts – after all, it was all in the name, wasn’t it: East India docks for East India company? Read more about the condition New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. Absolutely jaw-dropping tales of the 50s in London, the men, the women prior to any kind of birth control, the lack of sanitary conditions, clean and accessible water and toilets, and the unfortunate back alley remedy of unwanted pregnancy.

This final book in Jennifer Worth's trilogy shares her last memories from her time as a midwife in London's East End and brings her story full circle. The Pill was yet to be introduced, and the average nuclear family was several times larger than it is today.

Funny, disturbing and incredibly moving, Jennifer's stories bring to life the colourful world of the East End in the 1950s. The book also enables readers to follow Jennifer's personal story, as she discovers the amazing resilience of a population still bearing the scars of war, and the vibrant community of nuns with whom she lives and who teach her the skills of midwifery. The Great White Plague ravaged Europe in volcanic proportions during the 1800s and the 1900s, and yet when Benjamin Marten suggested the concepts of germs and contagion in 1722, he was ridiculed. John the Divine and many others like them to keep medical care going amidst heavy bombing, most of which was concentrated in the Docklands.

According to the World Health Organisation, nurses and midwives account for nearly 50 per cent of the global health force so if you know someone who practices as a midwife or if you yourself were supported during childbirth, make sure to share a heartfelt thank you for all the work they do. The conditions in which many women gave birth just half a century ago were horrifying, not only because of their grimly impoverished surroundings but also because of what they were expected to endure.She masterfully simplifies their history and intentions so every reader, no matter their background, is able to understand them and form their own opinion. While I listened to the sound of ship vessels, I could see the tall buildings fall away, the docks open up, large looming ships come in, the river fog roll in, barges pull in half drowning under the weight of their own cargo, and Billingsgate market make sense to an unsuspecting creature like me. The characters of Sister Julienne, Cynthia, Chummy, Sister Evangelina, and Sister Monica Joan (among others) are introduced early and quickly claim a place in your heart—cast so exquisitely, and very true to what Worth’s daughters remember. Jennifer Worth’s first book in The Midwife Trilogy, The Midwife, has since been adapted for the screen.

Well you know when the next book in a series is about to come out and you can't remember all the main details of the previous books? However, her debut book, which is titled Eczema and Food Allergy, is nothing worth writing home about and is a pale shadow of her subsequent books. If you don't care for the details of terrified teens at full term, or botched abortions, look away now. If those involved in the study of eradicating tuberculosis had lost heart and given up at every setback, we would be contending with tuberculosis in addition to Covid-19.Jennifer wrote the first volume of her memoirs by hand and sent them to Coates to read, and Coates later served as advisor on the books and the TV adaptation. I found Jennifer's books both heart-warming and thought-provoking; they are hard to put down, and I felt compelled to learn more about the East End, the Docklands, nursing in the 1950s/60s, and indeed more about Jennifer herself. Registered address: Unit 31, Vulcan House Business Centre, Vulcan Road, Leicester, LE5 3EF, United kingdom. The show is, of course, a work of fiction, although Worth’s daughters Suzannah Hart and Juliette Walton loves that the performance of Jessica Raine (as Jenny) “was terribly anxious that we should be happy with her performance and I think she’s got it just right .