Jennifer Worth Volgorde van de boeken (chronologisch)

Kniha autentických vzpomínek na autorčino mládí, kdy v 50. letech 20. století pracovala na londýnském předměstí jako porodní asistentka. Zachycuje dobovou atmosféru: poválečnou bytovou nouzi, početné rodiny žijící ve stísněných bytech (v nichž prakticky bez výjimky probíhaly i porody), složité rodinné poměry i tvrdý život v East Endu, kde po válce panovala neuvěřitelná chudoba a děti si hrály v kráterech po bombách. Podle knihy vznikl úspěšný seriál BBC.

A collection of highlights from Jennifer Worth's Call the Midwife and featuring PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHED NEW WRITING from Jennifer Worth herself

С начала 1950-х и до середины 1970-х годов Дженнифер Уорф работала акушеркой в бедном лондонском районе Ист-Энд. В городе, покрытом шрамами недавней войны - полуразрушенными домами, пустырями и перекрытыми улицами, - она узнала истории тех, кто помнил ещё более суровые времена. Нищета и голод вынуждали людей искать приюта в работных домах, попасть в которые было настоящей трагедией. "Тени Ист-Энда" - это истории о невообразимых трудностях, стойкости и силе человеческого духа и летопись жизни, которая сегодня кажется невероятной. Трилогия Дженнифер Уорф "Вызовите акушерку" стала несомненным бестселлером и легла в основу одноимённого сериала компании BBC. Он собрал у экранов более десяти миллионов зрителей и стал наиболее успешным драматическим сериалом на телеканале BBC One с 2001 года.

Call the Midwife' is a most extraordinary book and should be required reading of all students of midwifery, nursing, sociology and modern history. It tells of the experiences of a young trainee midwife in the East End of London in the 1950's and is a graphic portrayal of the quite appalling conditions that the East Enders endured.

Kniha autentických vzpomínek na autorčino mládí, kdy v 50. letech 20. století pracovala na londýnském předměstí jako porodní asistentka. Zachycuje dobovou atmosféru: poválečnou bytovou nouzi, početné rodiny žijící ve stísněných bytech (v nichž prakticky bez výjimky probíhaly i porody), složité rodinné poměry i tvrdý život v East Endu, kde po válce panovala neuvěřitelná chudoba a děti si hrály v kráterech po bombách. Autorka líčí osudy žen a dívek, s nimiž se setkala, i tehdejší situaci v Londýně. Podle knihy vznikl úspěšný seriál BBC.

When the CALL THE MIDWIFE books became bestsellers, Jennifer Worth was inundated with correspondence. People felt moved to write to her because the books had touched them, and because they wanted to share memories of the world her books described, the East End of London in the late 1940s and early 1950s. LETTERS TO THE MIDWIFE is a collection of the correspondence she received offering a fascinating glimpse into a long-lost world. Along with readers' responses and personal histories, it is filled with heartwarming gems such as letters and drawings sent by one of the nuns featured in Call the Midwife and a curious list of the things Jennifer would need to become a missionary. There are stories from other midwives, lorry drivers, even a seamstress, all with tales to tell. Containing previously unpublished material describing her time spent in Paris, and some journal entries, this is also a portrait of Jennifer herself, complete with a moving introduction by her family about the Jennifer Worth they knew and loved

Jennifer Worth was a nurse, midwife, ward sister and night sister from 1953 until 1973, working mainly in London. Her first passion was - and still is - music, and she is a Fellow of the London College of Music. She taught piano and singing for about twenty-five years and still More...sings in choirs all over England and Europe. She plays her piano (a 1904) Bluthner) daily, and is at present studying the entire keyboard works of J.S. Bach. She has been married for forty-five years and has two daughters and three grandchildren.

This omnibus edition of Call the Midwife, Shadows of the Workhouse and Farewell to the East End 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 econonic 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.

This final book in Jennifer Worth's memories of her time as a midwife in London's East end brings her story full circle. As always there are heartbreaking stories such as the family devastated by tuberculosis and a ship's woman who 'serviced' the entire crew, as well as plenty of humour and warmth, such as the tale of two women who shared the same husband! Other stories cover backstreet abortions, the changing life of the docklands, infanticide, as well as the lives of the inhabitants of Nonnatus House. We discover what happens with the gauche debutant Chummy and her equally gauche policeman; will Sister Monica Joan continue her life of crime?; will Sister Evangelina ever crack a smile? And what of Jennifer herself? The book not only details the final years of the tenements but also of Jennifer's journey as she moves on from the close community of nuns and her life takes a new path.

In the follow up to her bestselling Call the Midwide, Jennifer Worth tells the true stories of the people she met. There's Peggy and Frank, who were separated in the workhouse when their parents died. Until Frank's strength and determination enabled him to make a home for his sister. Jane was a bright, lively child, whose spirit was broken by cruelty, until she found kindness and love later in life. Then there is the matchmaking nun, Sister Julienne, and Sister Monica Joan, who ends up in the High Court...