Biography
The Midwife: A Memoir of Birth, Joy, and Hard Times
2002·340 pages
A young nurse moves into a convent to train as a midwife serving the poor in post-war London's East End, sharing stories of birth, community, and hardship.
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A young nurse moves into a convent to train as a midwife serving the poor in post-war London's East End, sharing stories of birth, community, and hardship.
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An unforgettable story of the joy of motherhood, the bravery of a community, and the hope of one extraordinary womanAt 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...
What's Inside
will contain mild spoilers
Sexual content
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Sexual content, pregnancy, STDs, and sexual assault referenced in patient stories and births.
Violence & gore
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Graphic childbirth scenes, blood, excrement, and medical trauma during deliveries.
Profanity
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Occasional strong language in anecdotal accounts of patients and settings.
Substance use
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Alcoholism, addiction, and drug abuse depicted among characters and families.
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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Religious content
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Central depictions of convent life, nuns, rituals, and religious community.
Magic & witchcraft
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Occult / demonology
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Political content
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Reflections on class, gender roles, and social conditions of 1950s East End.
Self-harm / suicide
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Abuse & suffering
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Domestic abuse, child abuse, rape, sexual assault, and systemic poverty portrayed.
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