Jennifer Worth

Jennifer Worth relates her experiences as a midwife in London’s East End during the 1950’s. She witnessed both brutality and tragedy but also met with kindness and understanding, all mixed with a good sprinkling of cockney humour.. The book succeeds in being both funny and very moving.

This final work in Jennifer Worth's memories of her time as a midwife in London's East End brings her story full circle. As always there are heartbreaking tales such as the family devastated by tuberculosis, as well as plenty of humour and warmth

Just as Jennifer was present at the beginning of life in her midwife books, here she documents her experiences as a nurse treating patients nearing the end of their lives. Interpersed with these stories are the histories of her patients, discussions on the circumstances in which we die, and a stripping-back of the myths and taboos surrounding death.

A wonderful collection of correspondence received by Jennifer Worth, author of the Call the Midwife series, offering a fascinating glimpse into a long-lost world. This is also a portrait of Jennifer herself, complete with a moving introduction by her family about the woman they knew and loved.

Jennifer Worth, a midwife working in the East End in the 1950’s, shares her stories of people she met at that time. Many bore the scars of abject poverty and retained memories of a time when the threat of ‘The Workhouse’ was an ever-present reality.