by Jennifer Worth · LUMEN · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788426421210
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Dive into the heartwarming memoirs of Jennifer Worth, who narrates her experience as a young nurse and midwife in London's East End during the 1950s. At Nonnatus Convent, Jenny and her colleagues, under the guidance of experienced nuns, dedicate themselves to bringing lives into the world in an environment marked by poverty and the scars of war. Through her work, Jenny discovers humanity and empathy amidst the harsh living conditions, offering a moving testimony of the needs of women in a not-so-distant era.
Jennifer Louise Worth RN RM was a British memoirist, nurse, and midwife. She worked in the poverty-stricken East End of London in the 1950s, where she gained much of her experience that would later shape her writing. Drawing on these experiences, she wrote a best-selling trilogy: Call the Midwife (2002), Shadows of the Workhouse (2005) and Farewell to The East End (2009). After leaving her career in nursing, Worth re-trained as a musician.
