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Overview
The highest-rated drama in BBC history, Call the Midwife will delight fans of Downton Abbey Viewers everywhere have fallen in love with this candid look at post-war London. In the 1950s, twenty-two-year-old Jenny Lee leaves her comfortable home to move into a convent and become a midwife in London's East End slums. While delivering babies all over the city, Jenny encounters a colorful cast of women--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 of the city's seedier side. An unfortgettable story of motherhood, the bravery of a community, and the strength of remarkable and inspiring women, Call the Midwife is the true story behind the beloved PBS series, which will soon return for its sixth season.
Details
- ISBN-13: 9780143123255
- ISBN-10: 0143123254
- Publisher: Penguin Books
- Publish Date: August 2012
- Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.22 x 0.74 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.57 pounds
- Page Count: 352
- Reading Level: Ages 18-UP
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