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Jennifer Louise Worth RN RM ( née Lee; 25 September 1935 – 31 May 2011) was a British memoirist. She wrote a best-selling trilogy about her work as a nurse and midwife practising in the poverty-stricken East End of London in the 1950s: Call the Midwife (2002), Shadows of the Workhouse (2005) and Farewell to The East End (2009).
Apr 7, 2009 · An unforgettable true story, The Midwife is the basis for the hit PBS drama Call the Midwife. At 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.
Hereby, Jennifer Worth wraps up her midwifery experience in London’s East End. The book is infused with a touching narration of an outbreak of tuberculosis, two females sharing one spouse, and, worse still, a mind-blowing case wherein a prostitute who served all the crews of a ship.
Oct 1, 2021 · In real life, Jennifer Worth, whose books inspired Call the Midwife, remained close with Sister Julienne. “I have lovely memories of Sister Julienne,” Worth's daughter Suzannah...
Jun 7, 2011 · Best-selling author Jennifer Worth, who wrote the popular Call the Midwife trilogy, has died aged 75. A spokesperson from publishers Weidenfeld & Nicolson said the company was "deeply saddened"...
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Call the Midwife, later called Call the Midwife: A True Story of the East End in the 1950s, is a memoir by Jennifer Worth, and the first in a trilogy of books describing her work as a district nurse and midwife in the East End of London during the 1950s.
