02414cam a2200325 4500 424187444 TxAuBib 20130829120000.0 121112s2013||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780062270061 $15.99 0062270060 $15.99 (OCoLC)817562751 YDXCP YDXCP BTCTA OCLCQ JQM OCP MR0 TxAuBib Worth, Jennifer, 1935- Call the midwife. Call the midwife : farewell to the East End / Jennifer Worth ; clinical editor, Terri Coates. Farewell to the East End. 1st U.S. ed. New York : Ecco/HarperCollins, 2013. 321 p ; 21 cm. "Volume 3.". "First published in Great Britain in 2009 by Weidenfeld & Nicolson" --T.p. verso. Includes bibliographical references (p. 321). The Call the midwife trilogy is comprised of Call the midwife (not included here, c2002), Shadows of the workhouse (not included here, c2005), and Farewell to the East End (this book, c2009). Together, this series chronicles Jennifer Worth's career as a midwife from start to finish, from her arrival in the war-scarred Docklands as a wide-eyed trainee, to the demolition of the tenements and subsequent closure of Nonnatus House. It provides a fascinating snapshot of social history, documenting the East End in the days when there was a real sense of community, when times were tough but there was plenty of good humour and neighbourly support to help the inhabitants through the harsh economic climate. The book also enables readers to follow Jennifer's personal story, as she discovers the amazing resilience of a population still bearing the scars of war, and the vibrant community of nuns with whom she lives and who teach her the skills of midwifery. In stories that are funny, disturbing and moving in equal measure, we meet prostitutes and abortionists, bigamists and mischievous nuns, and see Jennifer earn the confidence of people whose lives are often stranger than fiction. 20130829. Worth, Jennifer 1935-2011. Midwives England London Biography. Childbirth England London History 20th century. East End (London, England) History 20th century. Coates, Terri.