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A review by aejohnson85
Call the Midwife: A Memoir of Birth, Joy, and Hard Times by Jennifer Worth
3.0
After falling in love with the TV version of Call the Midwife, I decided to give the source material a shot. I quite enjoyed Worth's memoirs, although many of the stories were familiar to me from the TV show (though often with a little alteration). I loved the story of Chummy and love that they kept her character very similar in the show. However, I found Sister Monica Joan to be more mean spirited in Worth's memoirs - her taunting of Sister Evangelina and the musicians wasn't charming at all!
Worth does a wonderful job depicting London's East End and the difficulties of giving birth and raising a family in the conditions. I disagree with the reviewers who call out Worth for her "holier than thou" attitude. I think it's important to remember that she was a product of her time and one can't expect her to be espousing our present day views! It was interesting to see how different child birth was for the people of the East End in the 1950s! So different from the hospital births that we are accustomed to now!
I am hoping to check out the rest of Worth's memoirs in the near future!
Worth does a wonderful job depicting London's East End and the difficulties of giving birth and raising a family in the conditions. I disagree with the reviewers who call out Worth for her "holier than thou" attitude. I think it's important to remember that she was a product of her time and one can't expect her to be espousing our present day views! It was interesting to see how different child birth was for the people of the East End in the 1950s! So different from the hospital births that we are accustomed to now!
I am hoping to check out the rest of Worth's memoirs in the near future!