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Call the midwife: a memoir of birth, joy, and hard times
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Published:
New York : Penguin Books, 2012.
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Book
Physical Desc:
340 pages ; 21 cm.
Status:
1 copy, 1 person is on the wait list.
Description

Jennifer Worth was just twenty-two when she volunteered to spend her early years of midwifery training in London's East End in the 1950s. Coming from a sheltered background there were tough lessons to be learned. The conditions in which many women gave birth just half a century ago were horrifying.

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Language:
English
ISBN:
9780143123255 (pbk.) :, 0143123254 (pbk.)

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General Note
Copyright date: 2002.
General Note
"Published as The Midwife in Penguin Books 2009"--T.p. verso.
General Note
"Now a PBS series!"--Cover.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 340).
Description
Jennifer Worth was just twenty-two when she volunteered to spend her early years of midwifery training in London's East End in the 1950s. Coming from a sheltered background there were tough lessons to be learned. The conditions in which many women gave birth just half a century ago were horrifying.
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APA Citation (style guide)

Worth, J., & Coates, T. (2012). Call the midwife: a memoir of birth, joy, and hard times. New York, Penguin Books.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)

Worth, Jennifer, 1935-2011 and Terri. Coates. 2012. Call the Midwife: A Memoir of Birth, Joy, and Hard Times. New York, Penguin Books.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)

Worth, Jennifer, 1935-2011 and Terri. Coates, Call the Midwife: A Memoir of Birth, Joy, and Hard Times. New York, Penguin Books, 2012.

MLA Citation (style guide)

Worth, Jennifer and Terri Coates. Call the Midwife: A Memoir of Birth, Joy, and Hard Times. New York, Penguin Books, 2012.

Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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